YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY M EMOIRS o t EVMVNb L&DLOW) E% .,y o £? 1 1. Yj*to 1>A^Q'> Wg*? A C 435" 5 MEMOIRS OF EDMUND .VUDLOW, Eiq, THE A<3fc for putting a Period to the Parliament Was (till before a Cemmit- tee of the whole Hotrfe, who had .- made a configurable Progrefs therein, having a^teed upon a more equal DiftributLon of the Power of ElediOn throughout England \ A'fid whellas form|Kly forae J3oroughs that had icarcea Houfe uponitnem ehofe tWo Members to be ijjieir Reprefenta#ves in Parliament, (juft*. as nfiny ai thegreatelf Gitiesin England, fiw* don only ^excep^e'd), and the finjjp Cqun ty of GoMwakMe&ed f&rty'Tour, wlien Ejfex and . other C^n^ies bearing is great a ihare in the Payment of* Taxes, fent, no more than fix or eight ; this unequal Re)prefe/||ation ht the People the Parrramertt'refolved to cqrredt, and to "permit only fame of the principal ^Cities and ©orEni{|hs ,to ehufey and that forthe aiqff'pafi,-. -V " ^-f^-. K; but »<"43-^f^'..and Dutch .• |7pon which the C^itjcil Pf State^re- c4ive4 DtdersjTrbm t||e^ Parliament to rewafd the faid Seamen, and to. prepare an A<9t to en courage others to foliowTtr!eir Example, : - The Dutch Admiral Fan Trumps with one hundred and ten Ships of War, anq* fome ^ire- ihips, being ijoinejl by feventeen Men of War from -^fiianrf^i&md frqmG^| with Orders to convoy faff out pf the Channel allect of riieai; five huridrii Merchant-Ships , dejfgnedi for France, Spatn} Portugal^ Iri^y, garbary, . arjp: the Xivant, and to take all&he Advantages he cclld aM|pft the Englifh. hereupon the Par- Jiament|p[Ied an Ad: for the Sale of tfteEftates o£fom£, who having been adjudged DelTri- quentf, had refuted to lay hold.qf the Favour jextendedjto them of .Compoi}.na^|;^ which; they did tojeaiejlie People of lome partofthq Charge, of this %aragainft the Dutch j ,y^c their Ocfffions were fo prel^ng, that they, W|re conftrained to lay a TaxTbr fome Months pfpne h.|ndred and twenty thoufand JPstffhds a Mqntbt,whic||--.^caufetfey k(ieW|hlt it was' wholly employed intieir Service. "',; . ., t.„.\'r. '' *Moft of the^palf h Merchant- Ships' were, by bad Weather ^and jcpntriry V|indsV'ariyen,^g-|c. into their Harbpirs, buttheie I^Ien pf War »t out at Sqii Q&F'tiaii Trump, having re- '.';%>.; 'Vf'f.it *'<¦¦>¦ reived ; (4*8) Xmyed Advice|that Admfal Blake had fent away twcrity of his Shi§® tojeqnvoy a Fleet of JLaden Colliers from Nemame, twelve towards Plymouth, and fifteen up the'Rlver, which had fiiftred fome Damage^by Storm, andtjiat he hid left with him but thirty feven Sh|pls of War, came into x&euetons with fourfeore Men of War, and thirty of the ableft ^erchant- rhen of the Fjeet he was appointed to convoy, Hotwithftanq*ing which Inepality. of Number it was unanimouUy refplv^Riija Council of War to fight the '^utch Fleet. Aj^ordingly a day or two after ours engagedf them " about Noon, and the, Fightcontinufd till Night fepa- ratedthem. In this Eight we loft two 'Ships, the Garland of 40,* and the BonaveH^^pi%6 Quns ; and tho' in recompence we burnt one of their Admirals, and killed many of th^fMen, particularly two Secretaries who were on board thpir Admiral, yet the Dutch were ^xtebdin^- ..l^efei^teii'with this little Sucqefs j '• and being :¦ inforttted that the Englifh Fleet was^'in great < iyant of all forts qf Naval ^Storeijlfhey pub- liflieda Placaer* to^prohibit the Expprtatiqji of them hither under ieyere Penalties, They alfo Ithreatned to drivers out of the. Iflan<|s which we poflefied in Amirica, and to that end fent ibme Ships to join Prince Rupetf*^ which with thofe revolted Englijh made up? in^ all twenty five Sail. The Ping of pe»mark%^e.Wik pro- mifqd to afiift therapy, thp ne^xt Spring with/ flirty Ships of War fajt[ the Su|pm pf one Mil- ¦•' \ %;f-«*y J lion of Guilders, which they agreed to nay to him. M^ <*;. ,* & «' :'¦¦ ^ ; In the mean time the Parliament, havitjgre* ceived Information^ of the MisbehaViotlr^of fome Officers irtthe' late Engagement, appoint ted a Committee, whereof Sir Menry Fane, Mr. John Carew, and Major Salloway, were the \ principal, inipowering them to place and di splace Officers, and to regulate all Matters re lating to the Sea, in fuch a manner as might be molt conducing to the Service, of the State. ..Thefe ^brh|niffioners ufed fuch Care and dili gence in the dTfcharge of this Truft, th-atv the lace of AfHiirs foqn became much alter*d for t$|e better; the Ships that were unferviceap|e re paired,: a considerable Fleet put to S?a well PfEcer'd and wqll jin*ann?dis the Store-houfes re- plenhli'd'with alfmanner of neceflfary Provifi- ons, and*thirty Frigats preparing to be built. Lieutenlht Generai Monk was a$b addgd to the Generis \0lake and Dean, in therqgm, of Col. Edjvafd Popham lately deceafed, to take care of the equipping and commanding the fleet. Awd thapnoihirig might be wanting on our part to preserve a good Cqrrefpondence with, fuch Fo reign States as were in Amity with us, the Par liament fent the Lorq" Gommiiliqnef 'Whit lock ^m, an extraordinaryJEmbafly to the Crown of Sweden, where he was received with all the Hja* noursdueto his Ch^cler. gi%_ ,;Tbe Gpmmiffioners /or the Trijh Afjairs be ing at Dubtin^ Lieutenant General Tleeiyooh F f 4 came C 440 } came thither with his Family ; after "Wjhofc Ar* rival a Comnisifliort'was if|ued out fbrth^Wrial? pffuchafewere accufed of having mtiraered the ^(^^which was directed tp Perfons of known ?ApHity and Integrity in each Province. 3j"o thofe formerly accufed, Wis added the Lord Muskerry, who was charged to have put many Englifl) Men to death in the way between his Houfe df Backroom and the Cit]| pf? Cork. Vp? on this Accufition the faid Lord was feized, and ordered to be prbfecuted by the Court of Juftice at Dulltn for the fame. The .CoppmiiH- oners alfo by Order of the Parl&menti publish ed a Declaration to inform the Publiif; and particularly the Adventurers , who had ad vanced Money upon the Irijh Lat|d$i that the War in Ireland was ^concluded. This they did as well that the faid Ad verilufers might haVe what was juftly due to them* as th|g|t|e poqip wafted .Country of Ireland might have the Affiftanceof thejrown J?q,r;fes and L^our, to recover the Stock and Growth of thef Land | tb&ilrifh liaving all along eaten out the Heart and Vigour offthe Ground, and of late much more than ever, being in daily Appfehenfipns of being removed. -"• All Arrears due to the Englijb Army^irt Ire- land were fatisfied by the |^rliament out of th.e Eftates forfeited by^the^|tebels^ which were delivered to tj$em at the " fame Rates with the fir ft Adventurers. In this Tranfattion thofe of the Army mewed great Partiality, by confining ' c 441 ) the Satisfac^njgf Arrears only to fuch as were in Arms in Aug^tfi 1649. which was the time when 'the- Englijh Army commanp'ed by Lieu tenant peneral Oawkx?/ arrived \a Ireland- and tho' the hardfhips endured; by thofe wjho were in Arms before had been much greater, yet no thing could be obtained but fuch a Proportion of Lands in the County of Wkklo, and elfe- where, as was not fufficient to clear die fourth part of what was due to them. Thofe who fo- licited the Affairs of the Army in Ireland with the Parliament, having perfuaded the Adven turers 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 affigned by the Act, for the Satisfaction of the Soldiers; the reft of Ire land was alfo difpofed of, only the Province of Connanght was referved for thtlrijh under the Qualifications agreed-upon by the Parliament: According to whi^hlthey were to be put into pofleflion of the feveral Proportions of Land which hadfbeen promifed them in the faid Pro vince; that fo the Adventurers, Soldiers, and others to whom the Parliameiitj, fhould affign their Lands, might plant without difturbance, or danger pf being (Corrupted by intermixing jwith the Natives in Marriagestor otherwife, which by the Experience of former times the Jgpgti/bih£d been found to be, rather than to have bettered the Irijh either in Religion or gdpd banners ; and that the Natives being di- '•' *',' vided (*44* ) vlded by tjhfRivef »&*»»«» from tjyp other Pro vinces, and having Garrifqns placed roundartd amongft|thepa in the moft proper and conve nient Stations, they might not have thqfe Op portunities to prejudice theEnglifli as formerly %hey had. An Ad being drawn up to this pur- ipofe, the Parliament pafled it, rcferving the iGounties of Dublin, I^ildare, Carlo and Cork., (together with the remaining part of the Lands formerly belongingtq the Biftiops^ De^ns and Chapters pf Ireland, whereof fome had been already applied, to ; augment the Revenues of the College of Dublin) to be difpofed of as the Pafliament fliould think fit. The Forfeited Lands; were divided between the' Adventurers and Soldiers by Lot, accord ing to an Eftimate taken of, the Number of Acres in the refpedive Counties, in conformity to an Order from the Commiffioners of Parlia ment^ by whom were' appointed Sub-iEpm- miflioners to judge of the Qualifications of each Perfon, and others, who upon Certificate from the Sub-Commifiionersfor determining Qualifi* cations, were required to Jet out fo much Land in the Province of Cannaught as belonged to every one ny^#tue of the laid A<&. They al-' fortftablhlied a. Committee to fit at Dublin to receive and adjudge all Claims of EnglHh and others to any Lands, limitting a time within Which they were obliged to bring in and majeej appear their refpedtive Claims to be Legal ; to the end that the; Adventurers, Spldiers, and others, J. «*# ) ethpts, .might be at alirtainty, and after fuch a time Iree fr|m any |Mokfta*ion in the pfc f- fion of thsir. Lands ; and that none tWu$Pg- flprance or Abfence might be furpped^ they p®ro^»ed the faid time r^ice or thrjcetoa fcngerday. . ;-? ' "S- ,:-¦,*. ,.-:$('v The Courts of Juftice^erecled at Did lip and in ocher#arts,V proceeded vigqroufly in making Inquifition after the Murders^that had been -committed: Mtocarjj But this Claufe uppji* fearch into the Original, which I kept, appeared to have beeninfer|ed by themfelves in tfte Print which they produced for Evidence, under pre tence of havftelPft fheprijginal Articles figned by me. Notl'ithftandirlg which, it appearing that tho' divejpsh of the Englifh %ere rilpjderei by the Convpj^^ointed to conducl: them fafe to Cork, the Lpp} Musketry had taken; what care he cbuld for their fecurity^ and had. done what in himlay to bfing'the Perfcr%wjio $as: guilty of that Blood to Juftice, the Cpirt|tc- quitt«3$ him, arid he was permitted ac-cjlping to his Articles to pafsintq 'S-pam/^ I have %a^pl that upon his arrival in that Kingdom, a Facti on ajjpejfed againft him, uponTaccount of his former <^|PfpOn to the PPpe|s Nuncio in Ire land; fo^ptfee. find ing but* cold - Entertain- ; ment there, enf fid into a Treaty to put hinjlferlf and his Men into the Service of the Venetians :h Luke Tooky thq Head of a Sept in the Coun ty of Wicklo; being confcipujof his Guiltjiad formerly defired my Pafs to come and Treat with me^bouf *Conditionafor laying{dow« the Arms, of himfeJCand Pjrty v-_ an^to induee*me togiv^phim more favourable Ams, faid, he had a Horfe and Saddle •} worth a attain C 447 ) Attain in afhort time that meafure of Hap*plhefs Whfch$umane things are capable of, w%en &y the Ambition of one Man the Ffopes ari#Est- pe&ations of all gqp^' Men were difappointed, and the People robbed of that Liberty which they; had jsontended for at the Expence of fo much Blood and Treafure. *' General%>w»utf/had long been ftifpe&ed by w^fe and good; Men ; but he had taken fuch |3are ^p fjpjtn and mould the Army to his Hu* mour and Interefts,; that he had ffilled all Places either with his own Creatures, or with fuctl as hoped to.lh.are with him Jn the Sovereignty, aind removed thofe who fbrefeeing his DefigH hadj^her the Courage or Horiefty to oppofe him in ifc. His pernicious Intentions did not difcoyer themfelves openly till after the Battel zfl^qrxefter, which in one of his Letters to the Parliament he cilhd^he^CrownipMFiclor^. At the lame time whini^he difmifiedthe Militiaf, whp.had ^ttioft readily offered, themfelves to ferve thesCommonwealth againft the Scots, he Slid it with Anger and. Contempt which was all the 'Acknowledgment they could obtain from him for their teryice 'and Anedtion to the PuS|iek Caufe. In a 0<&d, fo much was he elevated with thatASuccefs, that Mr. Hugh Pe- /frf,as,he-fincetqld mj, took fomtfch nptice pf it, as to fay in confidence to a, Friend upon the Rbatd; in his return frbm Wore eft er, That Crorri- wel would make hirnfelf^ng. He»now began to difpife divers Members of tne Houfe wllbiti he C 448 ) ' he had formerly cburtedi and grew moft farh^ liar with Hhpfew' horn he ufed to fhewnioft Averfion to j^lhdeavburing/to oblige the Royal PaiTty^ by procuring fo%ihem more favourable Conditions than confifteefwith the Juftice of the Parliament to grant, under colour, of quiet ing the Spirits ot many People, and keMing them from engaging^in new Qiftjlrba^rlps to refeue themf|lves out of thofe Fears, ^whidh fnany who had acted for the lining yet lay uri- der; thpf at the fame time he defigned nbihingj as by thevSuecefs was mbft manifeft,rbut to* ad vance himfelf by all manner of means, and to betray the great Trtift which the Parliament and good Peofileof^sg/a»^had repofpd in him. Tp this end he piefled the Ad of Oblivion with fa much Importunity, that tho' forne Members. earneftly oppofel its bearing ^Ate till after fome Months,as well in Juftice to thqfejofthafi Party who had already fined for their Delinquen cy, that other^ as guiityias themfelves^migh^ebe upon an equftffoot withft|Mem,g,s that the State might by that means be fupplied'i^ithlMPncy; which they wanted, arfd that fuch who had been plundered by the Enemy, might receive fome Satisfaction from thofe who had ruined themjet nothing could prevail upon the dene* ral ; and fothe Ad was palled : The Parliament being unwilling to deny him any tiding for which there was the leaft colour of Reafcjn. But tho' he h^ad gained this Point, and eager ly coveted his?own Advancement, 4ie thought it C 449 ) it not convenient yet to unmask himfetfi$ibj£ rather to make higher defences to Hone%> than ever he had done before, thereby |o>en£ gageN&jor General Ildrrr/tm,, Col. Ricfa and their Parry, to himfelf. v Tothis- end he took all occafions in their Pretence to afperfe the Par*, liament, as* .not defigning to db thole-good things they pretended tqj but rather intending' to fuppbrt the Corrupt Irifcerefts of ttffiijQepgys and Lawyer. And tho'.' he was convinced that they were haftning' with aH Expedition to put aPeriod to their fitting, having palled a t¥ pre that they would do it.within the fpacfedfaJrear^ and that they were makingiill poffible Prepa rations in order to it.; yet did he induftribirflyi pubiifb., that they were fo in IbVe with their Seats, that they would ufe all means, to, perpe tuate themfelves. Thefe and other CaltiiiSnies" he had with fa? much Art infinuatfd into: the Belief of many hon^ft and wejl meaning Peo-j, pie, That they began to wjflihim Profperi^iq his UndeqjKi'king.. Divers of. the Ctergf kSax their Pulpits began to prophecy the Deltrucjjiqjf mthe Parliament, and to propofe it openly^s' a thing defirable. Infomuch that the ..Generali" who had all along concurred with this Spirie in them, hypocriricaily complained toMuarter- Maftcr General Fe rnpn, That he n?as pujhed onfy two Parties to do that," the cohfideration of the Iffue thereof madWhu Hair to' Jitind an tni. One, of rhefe, faidhe, isjheaded by Major General JLambertf, who 'in levenge ..of that Injury the ( 4$° ) Earl&rneftrdid him, in not permitting him to go into Ireland with a Chara&er and Conditio ons fujable to his Merits will be contented with nothing: lefs than t^ieir Diflblution : Of ffee other Major General Harrifon is the Chief, whb is an honeft Man,and aims at good things, yet from the Impatience of his Spirit will not wm the Lord's leifure^ but hurries me on to i^iMwIikjfaj he and all honeft Men, will have <5aMe '(W Tepent. Thus did he craftily feel the Pulfeof Men towards this Work, endeavour ing to caft the Infamy of it on others, referving to himfelfi the appearance of Tendernefsto Ci vil and Religious i Liberty, and of skreening the Nfetion from the Fury of. the Parties before- mentioned. This Mine of his was uot wrought with fo much ffcivacy but it was obferved by fome dis cerning^ Men of the Parliament, efpecially by thole, who had the Diredtipp and Management of the War with Holland., Thefe Men endea- votf red to countermine him tw% ways: Firftfby balancing his Intereft in the Army with that of the Fleet, procuring an Ordel from the s Parliament, whofe Ear they had upon all occafions, by reafon of the Impor tance 8T the War with the Dutch , to fend fome Regiments of the Army to ftrengthen the Fleet ; and fecondly by recommending, as an eafie way fcotraife Money in t*hat Exigency, the Sale* of Hampton-Court, ana! other- Places, that were eflfeemed as Baits to tempt fome ambitious Man Mail |o afcend the Throne. The Payment having ordered tnefe things to be done^ the General, fenfible of the Defiga, and of the Gph^'i fequencesof fuffering the Army to' be ijewf moulded, and put under another Conduct^ made hafte to execute his former Refolutions/ rfjling to C6L Okey and other Officers of thi Army againft diver&rMembers of the Parlia ment, affirming that little Good could be ex pected from that Body where.fuch Men had fo? great an Influence. At the fame time he made tjhe moft folemn PYofeffions of Fidelity to the Parliament, afliiring them, that if they woukf command the Army to breaktheir Swords over*' thejr Hea,ds, and to t;|row them intb the Sea, he would undertake- they fhould do it. Yet did he privately engage the Officers of the Ar= my to draw up a Petition to the Parliament,' That for the Satisfaction of the Nation they would put that ypte which they had made fai fixing a Period to they" fitting,/ into aif Aft jJ Which whilft the Qjficers were forming and de- bating, the. General having, itfeejtjps, for that time altered his Counfels, fent C©1. Desharough'f one of his Infirumems, to the Council of QjfhV. cers, who tpld them, that they were a fort of Men whom, nothing could fatisfie ; 'That trie. Parliament were, more ready fo do any Gpqa than they to defireit; That they ought to relie qpon their Word and Promife tp diffolve them* felves by the time prefixed ; and that to petitir $ ^lem to put their Vote into an Act, would m * jG'gi rtiielt y*' (45*). nifeft a Diffidence of them, and leflenr their Au thority, which, was fo neceffary to the' Army. The General coming into the Cdlincil whilft Dtegbofough was fpeaking, feconded him ; to which fome of the Officers took the Liberty to reply, that they had the fame Opinion of the Parliament and Petition with them, and that the chief Argument that moved them to take this Matter. into confideratidn, was the Jnd* mation they had received, that it was accord ing to the Defires of thofe who had now fpoken againft if, and, whofe latter Mbtib|? they were much more ready to corn ply with" tjban Iheir 'Wirier* Thus was this Bufinefs flifled for the prefcnt, rione being fowellable > to lay the Evil Spirit as thofe that had raifed it. But either the General's Ambition was fo great, that, he could not forbear afcending the Thrbhe' till the time limited by the Parliament for their fittingtfvas'Cxpired, or his Fears haftned him to; the Accompliflimeru of his Defign, left the difinterefled Proceeding of theParliamenf^who wereaboutliojeave the Nation under a Form of Government, that provided fufficiently for the Good of the Community, might work the People into a greater Ayerfion* to his felfilh De fign. Certain it is that he vehemently deffyea'' to be rjd of this. Parliament that had performed fuch great things, .having fubdaed their Ene mies in England, Scotland, and 'Ireland ; efta.- blifhed the Liberty of the People, reduced the Kingdom of Portugal to fuCh Terms as they : thought thought, fit to* grant ; maintained a War againft the Dutch with that Conduct, andSuccefs, that itfeemed now drawing to ,a happy Conclufion; recovered our Reputation at Sea, fecured our Trade, and provided a powerful fleet for the Service of the Nation. Arid however the Ma lice of their Enemies may endeavour to deprive them of the Glory which they juffTy. merited, yet" it will appear to unprejudiced Pqfterity,that they were a difinterefted and impartial Parlia ment, who tho' they had the Sovereign Power of the three Nations in their hands for the fpace of ten or twelve Years, did not in all that time give away amongft themfelves fo much as their Forces fpentin three Months; no, not fo much as they fpent.in one, from the time that the Parliament confined but of one Houfe, and the Government w«s formed into a Commonwealths To which oughtto be added, that after fo many Toils and Hazards, 4o much Trouble and Lofs for the Publick Good, they were not unwilling to put an end to their Pow er, and to content themfelves with an equal fhare with others, for the whole Reward of their Labours. Of this €rotnwel Was very fenfi- ble, as well as of their great Skill and Experi ence in the Management of Publick Affairs. and of the ,good Efteem they had acquired arnongfl the mqft difcerning part of the Nati on | and therefore was very defirous to lay them afide with as li'ttleNoife as might be. To this end, after he had refolved not to fuffytfce Gg v '.Ait (454) Ad for their DifTolutien to be finiflied, he Would needs perfwa^e them to be the Inftru- ments of their own Deftructioh, by P"ltinfea Period' to themfelves, arid at the fame time In verting a certain Number with the Supreme Authority ,t, not doubting when they had fp done, to find Pretences enough to difperfe any, 'mch, well knowing that when the face> ofCi- yil Authority was once taken away, th,e Power jwquld naturally fall into the hands pf that Per fon who had the greateft Intereft in the Army, which he fuppofed*to be himfelf. ' This made him join with Major General Harrijon, being confident that when he had ufed him and his Party to diffolve, the prefent Gover/nment, he could crufh both him and them at* his pleafure. And tho' yt was no difficult matter; to difcpver jthis, yet thofe poor, deluded , however well- meaning Men,' would not believe it. '* But all were pot fo blind, for divers Members of the Parliament whom he endeavoured to cajole jntq a good Opinion of his Defign, being very fenfi- He of the great Mifchiefs that muft riecefTarily enfue from fuch Courfes, refolved either to dif- fwade. him from them, or endeavour to coun termine him therein. To this end they had fe- veral, Meetings with £romx»el, ax. one of which, when he and his Party laboured to fhew that it was impoiTible for the Parliament, confiftipg, as they faid, for the moft part of Men intereftr e^ip the Corruptions of the Law and the Cler gy, to effeOr thofe! things that good Men ex? *' ' '* '" '• ' pedcd (455) peded from them, Major Salloway, dcCyed of them, that before they took away tbi prefent Authority , they would declare what kiey Would have eftablifhed in its room ; to which it was replied by one of the General's Party, That it was neceflary to pull down this Go vernment, and it would \>e time enqugh then to confider what fhould be placed in the room of it. So both Parties understanding one anq- ther, prepared to fecure themfelves. . The Parliament now perceiving to what kind of Excefiesthe Madnefsqf the Army wss like to carry them, refolvedto leave as a Lega cy to the People the Governmentof a Common wealth by their Reprefentatives, when auem- bled in Parliament, arid in the Intervals thereof by a Council of State, chofen by them, and tb continue till the Meeting of thenext fucCeeding Parliament, to whbm they were to give an ac count of their Condud and Management. Tb this end they refolved, without any further Delay,' to pafs the Ad for their own Diffoluti- on ; of which Cromwel having notice, makes hafte to the Houfe, where he fat down arid heard the Debate for fome time. Then calling to Major General Harrifon, who was on the other fide of the Houfe, to come tb him',he told \i\m,' That he judged the Parliament ripe for a Diffblution, and this to be the time of doing it. The Major General anfwered, asjie firicq told me ; Sir, the Work is very great and dange rous, therefore I defire you ferioufly to confide* Q s ; 4 - $ ( 4£6 $ pf it before ypu engage in it. Youfay welj, replied the General, and thereupon fat flill for about a quarter of an hour; and then theQuefti- pn for paffingthe Bill being to be put, he faid again to Major General Harrijpn, This is the tame 1 tnu(l do it; and fuddenly {landing up, pade a Speech, wherein he loaded the Parlia ment with the vileft Reproaches, charging £hem not tp have a Heart to do any thing for the Publick Good, to have*efpoufed the corrupt: Intereft of Prpsbytej"y and the Lawyers, wno Awere the Supporters of Ty rangy andOpprefTi- pn, accufing them of an Intention to perpetu ate .themfelves in Power j had they not been forced to the paifing of this Ad, which he af firmed they defigned never to obferve, anp! Jthereupon told them, that the Lord had done With them, and Jiad chofen other Inftruments for the carrying on his Work that were more worthy. This he fpoke with fo much Paffioh and pifconipofure of Mmd, as if he had beep diftraded. Sir Peter Went worth flood up to anfwer him, and faid,' That this was the fiVft time that ever he had heard fuch unbecoming language given to the Parliament, and that it was the niore horrid in that it parne from their Servant, and their Servant whom they had fo Jiighly trufted and obliged : But as he was go; ing on, the General ftept into the midft of the Houfe, where continuing his diftraded Lan guage, he faid, Come, come, J will put an end to' your prating 5 then walkipg tip and down ' the <.«457 J the Houfe like a Mad-man , and kicking §b.e Ground with his Fcet^he cried out, You art ho Parliament, I fay you are no Parliament; I will put an end to^our Sitting ; caflthem in, call them in : Whereupon the Serjeant attending the Parliament opened the Doors, and Lieute nant-Colonel , Worflty with two Files of^Muf queteefs" entred the Houfe ; which, Sir Henry Fane obferving from his Place , faid aloud, Tins is not honeft, yea it is againft Morality jnd Common Honefty. Then Cromwel fell a railingat him, crying out with a loud Voice, £) SirW/enryFane, Sir Henry Fane;xhe Lord de liver mq from Sir Henry Fane. Then looking upon one of the Member^, he faid, There fits a Drunkard ; and giving "much reviling Lan/ guage to others, he commanded the Mace to be taken away, faying, What "(ball we do with this Bauble? here, tah it away, fjaving brought all into this Diforder, Major-Gtneral Harrifon went to the Speaker as he fat in -the Chair,' and told him, That feeing things were reducd to this p*afs, it wou|d not be convenient tor him ifo remain there! The Speaker anfwered, That he would not comedown unlefs-he were forc'd. .Sir, faid* Harrifon, 1 will lend you my Hand ; and thereupon putting his Hand within his, the Speaker came down. Then Cromwel appjied nimfelf to the Members of the LJoufe, who were in. number between 80., and top, and (aid to them, It's yoit that have forced me totbu, for I have fought the Lord Night and Q ay, that C 45**) he mould rathepflay me, than put me upon the do- efthis Work. Hereupon Alderman Aliens a Member of Parliament, told himfl that it was not yet gone fo far, but all thingYmight be re- ftored again; and that if the Soldiers Were commanded out of the Houfe, and the Mace returned, the Publick Affairs might gp on in their former Gourfe : But Crbmwel having now pafTed the Rubicon, not Pnly rejeded his Ad vice, but charged him with an Account of fome hundred thpufand Pounds, for which he threat-* nedto queftionhim, he having been lonaTrea- furer for the Army, and in a Rage committei him to the Cuftody of one of the Mufqueteeers.1 Alderman Allen told him, That it was well known that it had nqt been his Fault that his Account was not made up long fince ; that he had often tendred it to the Houfe, and that he asked no Favour from any Man in that matter. Cromwel having aided this, treacherous and im pious part, ordered the Guard to fee the Houfe clear'd of all the Members, and then feized up on the Records that were there, and at Mr. Scobell's Houfe. After which he went to the Clerk, and matching the Ad: of Difjplutiori, which was ready to pafs, out of his Hand, he put it under his Cloak, arid having command ed the Doors tope locked up, went away to Whitehall^ this villainous Attempt was much encou raged by Neiuport and' the other Ambafladors lately arrived from Holland, with Inftrudions to <459/, tp conclude a Peace j who finding the Parlia ment fupported by the Anedions of the People, becjtufe ading for their Intereft, and therefore not to be forced, much lefs cheated into an un- jtift arid difadvantageous Agreement, infligated 'Crtimwel to take the Power into his hands, well. Underftanding that he would fooh be neceffita- ted to make Peace with them upon1 what Terms they fhould think fit ; in the mean time revol ving *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 fhould percqive that it ferved only to up hold and ftrengthen a Tyranny. They alfo had made Preparations to fend over Money, Arriis, and Men, with Lieut. Gen. Middieten, tq enable* the Mountaneers of Scot fand to give I)i- ftjjrhance to ih&EngHJh Intereft there.: , ' Ctipmwel 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 ^themfelves any further about it. Sprite of the Officers of the Army well at feded to the Publick Caufe, and riot of his Jundo, of whom were Col. Okey and others, repaired to the General, to defire Satisfadion in that Proceeding, conceiving that the way they were now going, tended to Ruin and Cbnfufi- pn. To thefe, hiving not yet taken ofThis Mask, but -pretending to mbre Honefty and Self-denial than than ever, he prpfefled himfelf refolved tp do much more Gt>qd, and with more Expedition than could be expeded from the Parliament : Which ProfelTions from him put mofiof them tofitence, and moved them to a Refolutionof waiting for a further Difcoveryof hisDefign, before they would proceed to a Breach and Di- vifion from him-. But Col. Okey being jealotis that the End would be bad, becaufe the Means Were fuch as made them juftly fufpededpf Hy- pocrifie, enquired of Col. Desborough what his meaning was to give fuch high Commendations tothe Parliament, when he endeavoured to di£ fwade the Officers of the Army from petition. ingthem for a DhTolution, a"hd fofhqrt a time after, to ejed then], with fb ,mueh Scorn and Ipontempt; who had no other Anfwerto make, but that if ever he drolled in his Life,, he had drqlled'tben. * We who werein Ireland being not fo well fti- formed of thefe Oandeftine Pradices; and no lefs confident that the Principles of fome Men who joined in this Attempt weredfreded tothe Good of the Nation; and that tho' fome might be fuch arrant Knaves as to ha*ve other, Defigns, yet trufting that an impofiibility of accbrnplifh- ing the fame would oblige them to fall in with the Publick Intereft, and not to be fo very foo- lilh to attempt the fetting up for themfelves, tho we could not hut have fome Dqubts of the ill Confequences of thefe things, yet thought our felves by the Rules of Charity obliged to *e. (4«i;> hope the beft, and therefore continued to ad in our Places and'Stations as before, ^ * Cromwel having interrupted the Parliament in the morning of the xoth of rfprily 1653, cartie in the afternoon to the Council of State, (Who were aflembled to do their Duty at the ufual place) accompanied with Major-General Lambert and Col. Harrifon, and told them at his entrance; Gentlemen, If you are met here as private P-erfonS,ywfhatl npt be ~difturbed ; but if as a Ci&tncil of State, this is no pUce for you •'• andfince you cant but know'phaf was done at the Houfe in the Morning, jo take notice, that t he- Parliament ifdiffoh/e'd. To this Serjeant Brad- fhaw anfwered; Sir, we have heard what you did at the Houfe in the Morning, and before many Hours all England wilPhear it : But, Sir, yYu are miftaken to think that the Parliament 'is dif- folved; for no Power under He flv en can diffolve them but thei^lfes ; therefore fake you notice1 of that. - 'Something moijewas faid to the fame purpdfeby Sir Arthkr Haflerig; Mr. Love[arid' Mr. Scot; and then the Council of Stare percei ving themfelves to be Wnder the fame Violence/ departed. - * ;r Soon after Cromwel had thus barbarottfly treated the Parliament, arid effaced the Civil 'Authority, he fent for Major Salloway and Mr/ John Carew,. to whom he complajned of the* great Weight of Affair S)that by thisJJnder faking tiffa rfafle^^on 'him ; affirming, that the Thoughts of the Cotiftqtikjtrices thereof "ftnadt * him to tremble, and and therefore deftred them to fret kirn from th(T Temptations that might be laid tiefore hm\ artd^ to that end to go immediately to the Chief fufiict St. Johns, Mr. Selden, apdfome others, and en- deavopr to per [wade them to draw up fome lnftru- ment of Govehnment that might, put the' Patter out of his hands. To this it was anfwered hy Major SaBoway ; the way, Sir, tofreeyott froyn\ this Temptation, is for you not to look upon your, felftobeun4erj,t; bnt to, re (I perfinsded t%at the Power of the Nation is in the Good People ^Eng land, as formerly it was. Cromxtoel perceiving by this Anfwer that he was better underfjood than he could have wiflied, fell upon anqther Expe* dient before, he would ppenly difcaye? himfej$ appointing a Meeting of the Chief Officers of the Army to be at Whitehall, in order to confif der what was fit to be dqne in this Exigency, -vV Major Gen. Lambert, Col. Harrifon, and di vers other .Officers , were at this. Aflembly * where Major Salhway, thoVhe had; then no Command, was defired to be prefent.; '-Major,'' Gen. Lambert moved shat a few Perfons, riot* exceeding the Number of iooru, might be intrufted with the Supreme Power : Major: Gen. Harrifon was fqr a greater Number, in* dining moft to that of 70,, being t,he Number? of which the Jewijh Sanhedrim confifted ; but- after fome Debate it was refolved that out of each County and City in England, Ireland, and Scotland, a certain Number of perfons, as near as might be proportionable ttHhek ,Pavment^ (4*?) toward tlje Publick Charge, fhould. J$ nomi nated by the Council of Officers to be fent for to meet at Wefiminfierron a certain day, where all the Authority of the Nation fbpul'd be de livered into their hands by an Inftrument fign- ed and fealed by the General and the Officers, obliging themfelves to yield Obedience to their Orders. The Gentlemen who were fummoned, met at the time and place appointed, where after they had heard the General's Harangue, in which hefeeraed to acknowledge the Good* nefs of the Lord in that, he law that day where in the Saints began their Rule in the Earth, %^ they went into the Houfe wherein the Parlia ment ufed to fit, where they voted themfelves to be the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, axidftelanet. Many of the Members of this Aflembly had manifefled a good Affection to the publick Caufe ; but fome there were among them who were bronght in as Spies and Trapanners; and tho' they had been always of the- contrary Party, made the higheft pre^enfions to Honeftyjand the Service of the Nation. This Aflembly therefore being compofed for the moft partof honeft and wef& meaning perfons, ('who having good Intent^ ons, were lefs ready to fufped the'eyil Defigns of others) thought themfelves in full pofleffion of the Ppwer and Authority of theNatiqn, and therefore proceeded to the making of Laws relating to the publick ; amongft others one concerning the Plantation of Jreland, fettling, tire C 4*4 ) the Lands there upon the Adventurers and Soldiers, together with an Ad for Mariners^ one for Payment of. fome Publick Debts, With divers others. They alfo made fomeTrq^refs in the Reformation of the Law, having aW pointed a Committee to tharerid. , In IreUnd we disbanded fome of our Forces* to thf Number of about 500P Horfe and Fodr] afnd fummoned a Council of Officers fo adjuft the Arrears of tlie Soldiers, and to put them into poflefiion of the Land afligned for their Satisfadiori ; who judging that it would' not. hold out to fawsfie the whole, rated the belt Land of each County according to its intrinfick Value, referving the worft to be equally diftrii* buted amongrt them, when? the Arrears fhould appear to be fftisfied on thp- foot, of the new Valuation. The County oi Dublin was id this Eftimate rated at 1 500 7. for iooo. Acrees ; the County of Wexford aiSoo I. the County of Kilkenny at 1000.I. All which Counties being within the Province of Lempfter, were rated by the Ad at 600 /. for 100a Acres. *Inftrudions were alfo given to the Committee forftating the Accounts of the Arrears of the Soldier^ by which thofe who were" disbanded in Con- naught, had r their Arrears afligned in Lands about Slego, thbfe in Munfter in the County of Cork, &c. Thofe wnp had been for fome time With the Lord Incbeqmn, and therefore thought fit to be disbanded, had their Arrears affigried (dpon&ry Defirc) together,, about €ellenfW > (4^5 } the County Pf Ktfkenwy, that : they might whic^ were the more. necefutated to do, by reafon of fomp Divifions amongft themfelves on account of the Prince of &tange\ Intereft. But this Attempt proved in- erTedual, and they not able to prevail as long as the face of Authority remained in England, without cqrifenting. tp the Coalefcence, (For man}? of. the prefent.AdelPbty ading with Sin cerity for the Publick, and; therefore little fuf- peding the Treachery- of others, refolved wbilft they had ppr^qrtunity to be doing their Daty* and to difpharge the Tmft committed (Mfe.tfeeir care, according to the beft of their Judgment, for the Good of the Common wealth..,, They iffued forth QrdtrjSi for regur lating the Excife and Cuftoms, and enlarged the. Powers* of the Committee eftabliflted for Trade. • They made all neceflary Preparations for carrying on the War by Spa, and; declared Generdf Robert Blake, General George^ Monk', Major -General Desborougb, and Vice- Admiral fem, to be the four Generals of the Fleet of the Commonwealth, impowering them with fome others to manage the Affairs of the Admi ralty for fix, Months. They alfo gave Order tp prepare an Ad toereda High Court of Juftice for proceeding againft fuch as fhoukj furprfee or betray any of the Fortrefles, Ma gazines, or Ships of the Commbnwealth into - the ^ **' * J ' \ V, the hands 'of the Enemy; and ju% againft thofe who fhould, contrary to the Laws alrea dy made, proclaim any to be King of England or Ireland, whereby it is manifeft they fufped/- ed theDefign on' foot, tho' their JealouTy did not at all defer, but rather haften the execution of it. The perfidious Cromwel having fougpt his moft fblemn Profeflions arid former Vows, as well as the Blood and Treafure that had been fpent in this Conteft,. thought it high timefp take off the Mafque, and refolved to facrifice all our Vidories and Deliverances to his Pride and Ambition,under colour of taking uport hint the Office as it were of a High Conftable, in order to keep the Peace of the Nation, and to reftrain Men from cutting o%e anothers Throats. One Difficulty y»t remained to obftrud his De- fign, and that was the Convention, which he had aflembled and' -inverted with Power, as; well as earneftly folieitedto reform the Law;, and reduce^ the Clergy to^a more Evangelical Conftitution. And having fuffi^entiy a-termed thofe Intserefis, and fhewn them\fyeif Danger ;|rom the Convention^ he informs thert^firthci*, that they cannot be ignorant of the Cbnfufton that all things are brought into by the immo derate Zeal of thofe in Authority, and to what Extremities; Matters might be reduced, if per mitted to gq on; pofliblyfaid he, tothe utter Extirpation of Law and Gofpel from ambngft us;- and therefore advifed that they would join H 4i 4 ' their ,. (47*) £he|.r fnterefts to his, in order to prevent this Inundation. His Propofition was readily em- praced by the corrupt part pf the Lawyers and Cjergy, and fo he became their Protedor, and they the humble Supporters of his Tyranny. feut that his Ufurpation might feem lefs horrid, he fo contrived it by his Inftruments,that fome of the*Cpnvention ribuft openly manifeft their IjDifapprobatibn of their own Proceedings, and under divers* fpecious pretences put a period to £heirfitting? To this end it was agreed by Mr. Rouje, Chairman to that Aflembly, and the reft of Cromwefs yunto, to' ineet earlier in the Ppufe than was ufual, which was done accord ingly on the i &th of December, 1653. hoping jby furprize, to obtain a Vote for thgir DiflblU' tipn. Being met, Col. Sydenham, Sir Charles Wolfely and others, according to their Inftru- iStions, bitterly inveighed againft the TranfadiV pns of the Convention, arj$ particularly charged triem with a Defij^n to deftroy the Army, by not making ajfofficieft and timely Prqvifion for their Pay. 2®e*y alledged,1 t^hat |hp? they had < Voted tnei^a Sinn of lylgj|ey, yet having re folved to raife it by way of a Pound-rate, it )vould take up fo much time to bring it in, that the Army muft either ftarve by want, or op- prefs the Country by Free Quarter, A fecond Ground of* their Ipve&ives was taken from a Motion made that the Great Officers of the Ar my flfould. ferye without Pay for one Year. yhey accufed them alfo pf endeavouring to de- P°7 L 47? ) ftrpy the Clergy; the Law, and the Pr«*priety of the Subjed, inftanpng in their 'denying1 a Right of Prefentation tp the Patrons of Ecclc- fiaftical Benefices: In general, that they < had not a frame of Spirit to do Juftice, 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; Ihterefts, except that which they fhould have had moft regard to, * .- They thqught to have prevented any De bate about thejr Defign, by meeting fo early" in the Morning ; but they were deceived, and enough found in the Houfe to anfwer their Ob jections. To that concerning the, Army it w#s faid, That the Pound-rate wasi found to be the moft equal way^ of railing Money, and there fore refolved upon by them; not at all doubt-' ing that it would come in foon enough for the Soldiers Supply : That they thought it reajdn*-. ble and juft, that the Great Officers of the Ar my who were poflcfled of plentiful Eftates, and had received all their Arrears, fhould abate fomewhat of their Superfluities, and fervefora little time freely, as well as thofe who were em ployed inCivil. Affairs, whofe Labour and Ha zard was as great, and both equally concerned in the Publick Good; efpecjally considering how much this Condud would , contribute to the Eafe and Satisfadion of the People, who could ppt be ignorant thaf there were now no prefling " - ' - Occa- ( 474 X ©peafionsof Chargeor Danger j the Enemy Ber ing every where entirely fubdued. To what had been done in order to a Reformation of fcjfif LaW and Clergy, it was anfwered* That ati they conceived there was great need of it, fo t fifcey had been told that they were called t«ge# ther principally for that end ; and that if the$f had done any thing too much therein, the Gen tlemen who blamed them for it were very unfit fo to do, having themfelves been the Men that) prefled them continually to go much farther than they had done. Tq the Objedion con cerning Prefentations, they faid, that the Me- thodufed therein feemed to themtoo iinreafon- able to be continued, it being in efied to give a Power to the greateft of the Pari&i who were not always the beft, toprefcribe what Religion they pleafedto the Birifhioners, by^pitefepting a Perfon, howfoever unfit for thatjQfficej, to be their Minifter. Laftly^ in anfwer torthe Charge of denying Relief to Sir John Stawel, it was an fwered, that the Confideration of that Matter was before them, and that they would not fail |oadashisCafedeferved. The Debate thus fpun out, the Houfe began to fill, .fa that Crom- wel's Party defpairirig to carry their Defign by Vote, broke ofFin an abrupt manner, faying* that itwas riofa time to Debate, but to do fomething that might prevent thbife Inconve niences which they pretended did threaten/ them. Then Mr. Roups, who was of the Plot} defcending from his Chair, went out of the Houfe, ( ^7$ ) Houfe, and with the reft of the Cabal repaired to * Whitehall, where they fubfcribcda Writing, taking notice of the Power with which the Ar my had intrufted them, and of the fenfe they had of their own Inability to bring any thing* toPerfedion for the Good and Settlement of the Nation : and that therefore* they refigned that Power into the hands of Cromwel, from whom they had received it. The other part of that Aflembly, who came with hdneft Minds and fincere Intentions to perform their Duty and toferve their Country, ' kept their Places in the Houfe, and would not iquitthem till they were removed by a Guard of Soldiers fent by Cromwel to that end.' And it feems remarkable, that tho' this Body of Men had not a cleat Authority according to the Na tional Conftitution, and were called Ttogether with a JDefign of rendring them odious, as well astofcare theLawyers and Clergy into a Com pliance with Cromwel ; yet many being con vinced of the Rectitude of their Intentions, wcrebtoaght over daily to approve their Adi- bns. And as this treacherous and unworthy Refignation of the Power to Cromwel could not be carried by a Vote in the Houfe, fo I have been inforhied that the major part of thofe whp were Members pf that Aflembly, could never be perfuaded to fign the Paper for that Refignation> tho' importuned to it by all Politick and Dq- yilifh Arguments imaginable. This Cbrivention, who' derived all the Au thority C 47 'tfhus was .-thijp important Bttfinefs th#fc, -Ufa highly concerned the Nation, and in fbtne-nieaT fure all Europe, in a clandefline manner carriei| on and huddled up by two or three perfpnsj for more they were not who were let into the Secret of it, fo that it may juftly «be called a Work of; Darfenefs. This Inftrument appoint ed the Legiflative PoWer to be in the Reprpfe^ tative of the People and the Protedor ; Tha£#i Parliament fhould be chofen every t&re&Years, which fhould; fit five Months, if theylPqught. fit, without arty Interruption: Tliat their fif# Meeting fhould be on the thirteenth of Septem* bet^ next enfuing : That the Members of whom the Parliament was to confift, fhould be chpienl by the People : That whatfoever they wou count Lijle± Col. Philip fones, Col. Montague, Mr. Richard Major, Walter Strickland Efq; Sir Gilbert Pickering, Major General Skippont and Sir AnthZny Afhjey Cooper, in all fourteen. It wasobferved, that in the choice of this Coun cil, fuch were put in for the moft part who had been principal Inftruments in the Interruption of the late Aflembly, and leading Men in the Refigoat#n of that Power into the Hands of Cromwel; and becaufe nothing of Honour or Confcience couWbe prefumed to oblige them to be faithful to Cromwel and his Government, tho' they took an Oatrt to that purpofe, he as a publick Robber havitlg poflefledhimfelf of the Turfe of the Nation, diftributed a thoufand Pounds a Year to each of his Council. He al- foeftablilhed a jGommiffion for the viewing and taking care of all Forefts, Fees and Lands be longing to the late King, Queen, and Prince, under pretence of improving them to the Ad vantage of the Commonwealth, but indeed in order to convert them to his own profit. The Management of the Treafury was put into the Hands of Col. Desborough, Montague, and«fy- denbam, who were his Creatures ? to whom was ( <4*o ) Was added Mr. William Mafham, a worthy Gen- tjemart, and a Member of Parliament, placed there by Cromwel, upon Information that he had divers Relations of confiderable Intereft in the Clergy-Party, .together with a numerbtfS Family, and fmall Eftate during his Father's- Life, which Confiderations prevailed with the faid^Gentleman to accept of that Employment". Things being thus prepared, the Mayor, arid Aldermen of London were required to attend at Whitehall in their Scarlet Gowns,' whither when they camej the f)efigrt was imparted to them, and they being under the Power of an , Army, were forced to contribute to this Pa geantry, by accompanying Cromwel to Weft* minfter-Hall. The Cbmmiflioners of*the Seal, the Judges,and Barons of the ^Exchequer, march ed firft, 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 num ber of the Officers of the Army, Major Gene- ralLambert carrying the Sword before him into the Court of Chancery ; where after the Gene ral had heard the Inftrument of Government read, and taken the Oath as direded in the Clofe of the faid Inftrument, Major General Lambert kneeling, prefented him with a Sword in the Scabbard, representing the Civil Sword ; which Cromwel accepting, put ofThis own, in-* timating thereby that he would no longer rule by the Military Sword, tho like a falfe Hypo crite , C 48i ) crite «he defigried nothing more. The Com-; mifliqners delivered the Seals to him, and the Mayor of London the Sword, all which he re^ ftored again, with an Exhortation to ufe them well ; and having aflured them that he would not have undertaken this Charge, but to make ufe of it for the ,good of the Publick, he re turned to Whitehall in the fame manner and order as he came.7 His Council having taken their j>laces, iflued out Orders to all Counties and confiderable Corporations for the proclaim ing .Oliver Cromwel Protedor of the Common wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland 5 and care was taken to alter all legal Writs and Procefs from the Title of the Keepers of the Liberties of England , to that of Protestor* A Declaration* alfo was publifhed impowering all thofe who flood lawfully inverted with any Office of Judicature, or with the Power of the Admiralty on the zoth of the, prefent Decem ber, to continue in their Imployments till farther Order. The News of this great Alteration of Af fairs was very unwelcome to us in Ireland, be caufe contrary to the Oaths which had been taken , and efpecally to the Engagement , whereby all that took it, promiifed Fidelity to the Commonwealth of England , as it was eftabliQied without a King or Houfe of Lords : which Engagement having fubferibed both with Hand and Heart, I was refolved to ufe my beft Endeavours, ejther to oppofe this U- I i furpatiori. ( 4* ) fi£r#tjiqm /or atj^a^t not to dp any thing ttia* irught confute to the flrengthping of it. T^o tpis end, w^en it w>f preffed by fopeCpu^f ^arafitesarnongft us, that feeing things we$ typ^t to jthis Rafs, and that there was now np pr^er^ape of' Authority ip being ; therefore tp prevent the De%os pf our Enemies, the Cppv ipiflioners of Parliament fliould proclaim Crom wel Protedpr in Dublin,and other parts of Ire land : Iqbjeded againft it as a tiling evil in it; fglf, tending: to the betraying of our Caufe, and contrary tp ap A& of Parliament} that if it were hut dubious whether it were evil or no, we ought at leaft to exped in Order, frorn thpfe whb tyad the Power in their Hands, whiph as yet wp had not received. By this means I hindred the proclaiming of him in Ireland kit more than a Fprtnight, tho' continually ear- neftfy , prefled to a Compliance. But a Day being appointed for the Confideration of that Affair, the Commiflioners with three or four chiiei Officers, of whofe Integrity and Abili ties werhad the beft opinion, met in Lieut. Ge neral Fleetwood's Chamber in the Caftle, w|$Sjfe after near five hours Debate, and the Queftion put, the Votes were foundto be equal oh both fides. In that inftant of tiriie1 Mr. Roberts the Auditor-General coming thither upon fome particular Bufiriefs of the Army, Lieut. Gene ral Fleetwood being well acquainted' with his flattering Spirit," and earneftly defiring to haVe, the thing done, gave him Liberty to declare his C4*3) ¦ his Opinion ; which, when he had done in the Affirmative, the Lieut. General took his Con currence (he being a General Officer) to be a Decifion of the Controverfie. So it was refol ded to be dohi, and an Order direded to be diawn up for that purpofe, which the Com- miflioners endeavoured to perfwade me to fign ; but I pofitively refufing fo to do, they ordered it to be figned by their Secretary in the name of the Commiffron ; which way was taken, that it mighHiot appear that any of the Com- miffioners Hands were wanting to the Procla mation. At this Ceremony there was but a thin Appearance, fome Captains and inferior Officers ; but no Colonel nor General Officer, except Sir Hardrefs Waller and one Col. Moore were prefent. The Herald at Arms, who made Proclamation , was clothed in. black ; but the Artillery, which was at the Command of Lieut. Generai Y.Fleetwood, wafted fome of the Powder belonging to the Publick, the Re port of which was very unWelcqme Mufick to me, who defiring to be as far from this Pa geantry as I could, rode out of Town that Afternoon. - yl :.. Having done what I could to obftnid the Proclamation of that , which was called an Inftrument of Government, impofed upon the People by the Military Sword, contrary to many Oaths and fqlemn Engagements, as well as tc- the Intereft and Expedationsofthe Peo ple, I thought my felf obliged in Duty to ad Ii -. no (484) no further in nry Civil Capacity as Commiflio-i ner of Parliament, left I fhould feem by adirtg with them, to Acknowledge this asj a lawfiiafe Authority : To that end I forbore to gb to Cork-houfe', which was the ufual place where the Gommiflioners of Parliament met ; but; Lieut. General Fleetwood by great Importunity; did once prevail with me to be prefent there, and to give my AdviCe in fome things that ab-i folutely concerned the Peace of Ireland; after which tifne I never, gave any Vt>te amongft them, .or fet my Hand to any of their Orders,- tho' preffed to do it by divers honeft and well-l meaning' Men. But becaufe I was always ready to' call in queftion my own Judgment, when different from knowingand confcientious Perfons, I cbnfented that a Day might be ap pointed toconfult with them touching my Duty in this Conjundure. The moft weighty Ar guments which were then ufed to perfwade me to continue in my Imployments were,That fuppofing Cromwel to be a Tyrant, to have no juft Call to his prefent Imployment, and a wicked Man, as moft of them were fo ingenu ous to acknowledge him to be ; yet they de clared themfelves to be of opinion; that a good Man might ad under him ; and for proof of this they urged the Example of Cornelius, who uasa Centurion under Nero. To this I an fwered, That tho' in an evil Government al ready eftablifhed, an honeft Man may take an Impjo} ment, and blefs God for fuch an Op- I portunity (4%) porrunity of doing good,- yet our Cafe feem- ed to me to be 'very different, the Difpute ly ing noW between Tyranny and Liberty; and that I durft not in any meafure contribute to the fupport of Tyranny againft the Liberty of my Country. Another Argument much pref- fed was, that by declining my Station I fhould negled art occafion of doing fome good, and lay a neceflity upon thofe in Power to employ others, who might do mifchief. To this I replied, That it was not lawfulto do the leaft Evil for the attaining the greateft Good ; and that I apprehended it to be an evil thing to fof- tifie Cromwel in hisUfurpation; that I hoped, Ifhould do more good by my open Proreffation againft his Injuftice, and declining to ad under him, than by the contrary means: For fhould all Men who continued well affeded to the In tereft of the Commonwealth, refufe toad in the prefent flare of Affairs^ there could be Po way thought of, in my opinion, more probable to reduce the Ufurper to his right Senfes ; who not daring to truft fuch as had aded againft him', muft of neceflity by this means be left deftitute of Inftruments to carry on his un- juft Defignsi' * A third Argument was| That I fhould wait to fee how he would ufe his Power, which if he improved to evil ends, Lfhould then find many others to join' with, who would be as ready to oppofe him as my felf. To this alfo I anfwered , That I was fully convinced of the Injuftice of his Underta- I i 3' king ; ( 4&0 king:,- that he had betrayed bisMafewi UD(^ colour that they would not refqwn the Law; and the Clergy ; and that having called an Aflembly in order, as he pretended, to accom- plifh that Work, he hadnow broken thefp alfo for endeavouring to do it ; that as loon as he had made the corrupt Interefts of the Nation fenfible of their Danger, he had contraded an Alliance with them, and was become their Pro tedor; That it could not be reafopably cxped- ed that he fhould do any thing towards their Reformation , becaufe every ftep he fhould take towards the leflening of their Credit, would tend to the weakening pf his own Au thority ; and that he was no lels neceflitated tobea Vaflal to them, than he desfigned the reft of the Nation to be Slaves to him. Tho' for thefe and other Reafons I durft not ad in my (Civil Capacity, yet I was unwilling to decline: the Exercife of my Military Authority as Lieutenant General1 pf the Horfe, having re ceived my Commiflion from the Parliament, which I refolved to keep, till it fhould be forced from me, and to ad by it in order to attain thofe Ends for which I received it, the principal whereof were, to bring thofe to Ju ftice who had been guilty of the Blood of- ma ny thoufands of Englifb Prpteftants, and to reftore the Etfglifh who remained alive, to the Lands which had been taken from them by the Irijh. And tho* much of this Work was al ready effected ; yet, it was pp Jcfs a Duty to bring ( 4*7 ) brmg it to perfedion than to begin it, iand to defend our Country-men in a juft Pof&fffiqn, than to gain it for them. Neither was it im- poflible that a$ one had made ufe of the Mili tary Sword to deftroy the Civil Authority, fo others might have an opportunity to reftore it b)f the fame means. One of the firft important Affairs of Crom wel s new Government, was to make Peace with the Dutch, Which the low Condition they had been brought into by the good Condud of the Parliament made them eartieftly to defire. In? the Articles fome feeming Provifion was made for bringing thofe to Juftice, who had been guilty of the Blood of the Englifh at Amboyna, if they could be found. HEhe Dutch alfo un dertook to reimburfe to our Merchants the Lofies they fuftained by the Seizure of twenty two Ships in Denmark ; the Duty of flaking the Flag to the Englifh in the Narrow Seas was acknowledged, and compliance promi- fed with the Ad of Parliament, whereby all foreign Commodities were forbidden to be brought into England fave in Englifh Bottoms,, except by fuch Veflels as properly belonged to that Country where thofe Commodities mould grpwt By Another Article it was agreed, that the Ehemies of the refpedive Nations fhould not be proteded by either of them'; but there was no provifion made by this Treaty for the Coalefcence fo much infilled upon during the Administration of Affairs by the Parliament; Ii 4 The ( 488 ). The Lord Whkloih, who had been fent Am- baflador to the Crown of Sweden by the Par-* liament, acquainted the 'Queen with the late Charige of Government, producing Letters of Cffedence from Cromwel , and owning him as his Matter ; tf port which he was received as kindly as formerly by the Queen, who figned the Articles agreed upon by the two Nations, to the great fatisfadion of both. Cromwel having thus all clear before him* and no Enemy in the Field , except only in the Highlands of Scotland, a confiderable Army i by Land, and a powerful Fleet at Sea, all the Soldiers fully paid, with a- Month's Advance ; the Stores fufficiently fupplied with all Provi? flops for Sea and Land , three hundred thou-- farid Pounds of ready Money in England, and one hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds in the Treafury of Ireland; he removed from the Cofk-pit, which Houfe the Parliament had af flgri'd him, to take pofleffion o(Whitehall,which he afligeed to hiririfelf. His Wife feemed at firft unwilling to remove thither, tho' after* wards fhe became better fatisfied with her Grandeur; but his Mother, who by reafqn of her great Age was not fo eafily flattered with thefe Temptations, very much miftrufted the Iffue of Affairs, and would be often afraid; when flie heard the Npife of a Mufquet, that her Son was fhot,- being exceedingly diflatisfied, unlefs fhe might fee him once a day at leaft : But fhe fhortly after dying, feft him the Pofleffion of C 48o ) of what fhe held in Jointure, which was reported not to exceed fixty Pounds by Year, thblheout of the Publick Purfe expended much more at her Interment , and amongft other needlefs Ceremonies, caufed many hundred Torches to be carried with the Hearfe, tho' fhe was buried by day-light. The Ufurper endeavouring to fix- himfelf in his Throne by all ways imaginable, gave Diredion to the Judges , who were ready to go their feveral Circuits, to take efpecjal care to extend all Favour and Rindnefs to the Cava lier Party. He himfelf reftored Col. Grace, a notorious Irifh Rebel, to his Eftate ; and fent a Letter in favour of the Lord Fitz-Wiffiams, who had been Lieutenant General in Prefton's Army in Ireland: But he dealt otherwa}^ with thofe whom formerly he had moft courted, fummoning Major General Harrifon,Go\, Rich, Mr. Carew, and others, before the Council ; requiring fuch of them as had Commiflions from him to furrender them , upbraiding Ma jor General Harrifon with his Carriage to him, and charging him with coveting his Employ ment when he was fick in Scotland. And "be caufe they refufed to engage not to ad againft him and his, Government, he fent them to feve ral Prifons. Major General Harrifon was or dered to be carried to Carkbrooke Caftle in the Ifle of Wight, Mr. Carew was fent to Pendennk in Cornwal, and Col. Rich confined to the Cu- ftody ofthe Serjeant at Arms. Soon after Mr. BogerSf ( *9*> ) Rogers, Mr. Feak , and Mr.Syrttfbiti MiniHerl^ haying publiekly declared againft his Uferpsti* on, both by printing and preachings were alfo imprifoned. So having changed his Intereft, and taken off hii Mafque, he fent his fecond StoriColHenry CromweTinto Ireland, tofeelrh* Pulfeof the Officers there tourhingfjfeis dom ing over to command in that Natkijj wJhere he arrived attended only by one Servarai -\ and landing near my Couatry-Hoafe, I fent myT Coach to receive him, awd to bring him thi- ther, where he ftaid till Lieut. General Fleet wood, with feveral Officers, came with Coaches to condud him to Dublin. Having made What ^Obfervations he could of Perfontand Things \ri Ireland $.e refolved upon his Return; of which having given me advice, I defircd him to take my Houfe in his way ; and ro thaffi end dirted with him on the Day of his Depart ture at the Lieutenant Generals in the CaftM After Diriner we went together to my Houfe at Montktown, where after a fhqrt Collation1 walking in the Garden* I acquainted him With the Grounds of my DiflTatisfadion with/the prefent ftate of Affairs in England r which* I afluresd him Was in no fort perfonal, but wouiB be the fame were ray own Father alive, andini the Place of his. lie told rne that his Father looked upon me tb be . diflatisfied upon a di- ftind account from moft Menin the three Na*' tions ; and thereupon affirmed that he knew it to be his Refolutfemtd carry himfelf with all Tender- I 49 « J Tendernefs towards me. I told him thafrl ought .to have fp much Charity for his Father r tobelewe that foe apprehended Iws'hrte Undent! taking to have been flhfolutely neceflary, being well allured that he was not fo weak a Man to dacUne bis former Station, wherein his Power was as great* and hisJjVealth as much as any rational Man could wifn to procure to himfelf nothing but Bnvy and Trouble. I fuppofedhc would have agreed with me , in thefe Senti ments ; but he inftead of that acknowledged the Ambition of his Father in thefe Words : Taut thai are here may think he had Power, but they made a very Kick /haw of him at London, I replied, that if it were fo, they did iH ; for he had defeyved much from them. Then I pro- cfpded tb acquaint him with my Refaluttoa not -to ad in my Civil Employment, and my efpedation not to be permitted to continue, in my Military Command ; to which he anfwei* ed, that he was confident I fhould receive no Interruption therein. I told him I could not forefee what his Father would do; but inclined to think that no other Man in his Cafe would permit i>. To this I added, that the Reafon of my flawing a Sword in this War, was to re move thofe Obftrudions that the Civil Magi- ftrate met with in the discharge of his Duty ; which being now accomplifhed, I could not, but think that all things ought for the future to run m their proper and genuine Channel ; for as the extraordinary Remedy is not to be ufed c 49* y ufed, till the': ordinary fail to work its proper,, effed, fo -ought it to be continued no long# than; the neceflity of ufing it fubfifts; where-' as this that they called a Government had'no other means to prefefve it felf, but fuch as were violent; which not being natural, could not be lafting. Would you then^ ; faid he, have the Sword laid down ? I cannot but think you be lieve it to be as much your Intereft to have it kept up as any Man : I confefled 4 had been of that Opinion whiifH was perfwaded there was a neceflity of it, ! which feeming to me to be now over, I accounted it to be much more nry Intereft to fee it well, laid down, there being a vaft difference between ufing the SWord to re ftore the People Jtb their Rights and Privi leges, and the ke&ping it upforthe robbing and defpoijing thernof the fame But Company coming in, and the time for his going on boar4 approaching, we could not be permitted to continue our Di.fcourfe;»fo after we had taken leave of each other, he departed from Ireland, and upon his Arrival at Chefter, was attended by* many of the late King's Party ; and ampngft omersby^Col.i^7j^fl«,; who enquiring. of him how be left Affairs vw Ireland,he anfwered very well, only that fome* who were in love with their Power miift be removed, . ; ¦>,.'• In the mean time, Cromwel- fo ordered mat ters at London, that he procured himfelf, his Officers, and Council, to beinvited by the City to Dinner, which was managed with all pof- ¦¦'«. fible ( 495 ) fibleftate. He and the reft of fhls^Gtmipany* rode on Horfeback through r the City ; ~> ttie Mayor! and. Alderman metihrm at Temple-ther Reafon, is not eafie to determine, they negleded to lan4 their Army near the Town, aswasaq'vifed by many of the Officers, and as they rpighteaflly have dope, with great pro bability pf taking the Town, which moft of the Inhabitants bad deferted; : 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 em ploy 'd to kill trie. WW Cows of that Country. This incon- fiderable number of Men put the Forlorn tp flight; and they retreating in great diTqrder, (truck the whole Army with fueh a paxrick Fear, that they began to fhift for themfelves, and could nqt be prevailed with, either by Promifes or Tbreatnings to keep their ground. Which being obferved by Major Geqetal Haines, and five or fix Officers pipre, they , refolved either to put a ftop to the purfuit of the Enemy, or not to but-live the Diigrace : Thereupon they made a ftand and foughf,them, till the Major General ( 4$0 Oeneraland moft of the reft were killed. , Du-; ring this time our Forcesrallied, yet could not recover Courage enough to charge that, incon- fiderable Enemy ; and thofe very Men, who when they fought for the Liberties of their Country, had performed Woriders, haying now engaged to fupport the late ereded Tyrann^ difgracefully fled when there was none to puf-J fue them. The Expedition againft Hifpaniafl^ proying unfuccefsful, they fhipped themfelves, and foon after arrived at the Ifland of Jama"?$§ belonging alfo to the Spaniards ; which beinjL but meanly fortified, the Inhabitants, vyho lived for the moft part together \n -the prindpji| Town, ran away, and Jbefook themfelves to '' the Woods, leaving what they could not car ry away tb be plunpler'd by the Army. Col. Fenables being difabl.ed by Sicknefs to per form the Functions of his Office, was permit ted by the Council of. Officers to return into- fEngland; and Vice- Admiral Pen fufpeding he would lay the whole Blame of that -Af- , fair on him, obtained leave alfo : Arid beingj both arrived, they were heard at Whitehall one againft the other? Where the Accufationsof both feemed to be of more weight than the Defences of either of them. So Pen was com mitted to the Tower, and Col. Fenables con fined to his /Lodging, the Diftemper that was upon him excufing him from a ftrider Impri- fonment. Accor- ( 4W ) . ; According tp the PfP#^ ^Qri^ai^e^fiaBJ^ Inftrument pf Government, i$ jtyas, r&ptymi®: iflue out Writsjfor. the EJjedjpr^ of Memp>r$jtp, ferve in ap $fl[embly a%^/l^fter, ;who wc*e tbbechofen, not by fipa(ipqroughs,, and two for" each- County, as fpfmerly, but, in fuch manner as hari been agreed upon by the jpar- iiarmerit in the Rule for chuf^ng fucceffive Re- prefentatives, which indeed was much more equal and i"ft. And becaufe it was provided by the fame- Inftrument,( that thirty Niembers fhould be fent by Ireland, and the fame Nun> her by Scotland, to fit in the Houfe, Letters were fent by Cromwel and his Couqc$ to the Co Amiffioners there, acquainting them with that GlaUfe in the Inftrument of Gove^rijnent, and defiring their Advice touching the erifuing Eledion. Some of the Cpmmiflioners in Ire land 'were of Opinion, That if the Proprietors fhould chufe, they would return fuch as were Enemies to the Englifh Intereft, and therefore propofed that for this time Cromwel and his Council ffiould nominate* the thirty who were to be chofen for that Nation. This C^eftion coming before the Cqmmiffioners before the arrival of the new $et nominated by Cromwel, tho' I refojved to intermeddled little as might be, yet this Advice feemed fo ftrange to me, that I could not forbear to defire of them, that iqeing we had no more of Liberty left but the Name, they would at leaft retain the Form, in hopes that in time Men might become K k fa ( 49« > ®'ktfibteoP&i®t cWPlriteteft as to be enabled i^feb%ia recoVer tne^ffieaey / arid' 5ubftdnce\ o^il^eljpieMff firiee #\#as mbft probable that r^^thetauericePf thofe iri Power,' the farrie p#fo^%©Md beicidfen tothey defired. TP; te'theV ¥gfeed^ahd having prbpofttoried the drtfepd Counties for feheiaedipn before the ffl&flg' ' but t-he'HVrits, Ha private Junto ; wai MWbfmevt&mk General FleetiMd^wm. il]peeTO)dh the perfon that thefwbuldhayd iB&SPWr each 'PlWee, which tney had a great AdValitS^o ete/haying nominated and fiti ii^ihe^i^rilfs and r6ther Officers for that pup EPjfeP' The" Court-party erideavPute'd "tbjtfp^, fflore th'eEledfon' of fuch as wquld' ce^rfn¥ dbrifig the Idol. lalety fet ii p, hoW ever d rflerehfc irt 0piriibris!abbut other Matters. The Clergy, in fome parts proved fo ftrortg, that they car ried it againft thofe Agreed on by • the Couftj;'; but both Parties cbriciirred in the decrying all fuch who would not facrifice the Caufe of the PuhltCk tothe Ambition of Men. In England they better uriderftood the Defign that was car rying OHjinfbmuch that many perfons of known Vertue and Integrity were chofertto fit in this Aflerribfy,; in particular the Lord President Bradfh'aw, Sir Arthur *Haflerty, Mr. ThomHf Scott, Mr. Robert Wallup, and*dryers othersv When the time appointed for the Meeting of this &fle^©ly Was come, Cromttel Went iff a Coach to fw/w«^r,accompanied "by his Hoffe and Foot Guard, with many Officers of the Army C 499-1 Army on Foot ; Where tonai^ arrived* ji| Bufinefs was to appear in his Kingly ^ari^**; the Abby, there tp hiar a Sermon xwirf^thft Members of that Aflerabfjf before, the^wepfc about theif other i Affairsi^ Which o!pP4\ j«. Went intPtbe Painted Qhbrhbefv where! he M*< tertained the Members, whfe; -a tedious Speech* wherein heend^voured+tofhaakeit aptsfa^^jiat' tfoings Were brought caiiihislpafs, not ^y H& Cbntrivaricef bat by the ove»*-rwliog Hand of God; afluring ; them,t hat jfoejW&s much rejoicedn to feefo free an Aflembly ©f the People met to-; gether, and that he TejMwedlto[fdbmjt himfelS ttt their J^gment. Butf ntstWithftandingthef^f fpecious pretences, he caufed the Lord ;G/-ewith, and in Gratitude would have judg ed, the People: after -his Death to ^e of Age arid -Wifdom fufficient to chafe a Government for thfmfcives..-.*This/;.g^at Point torching the fi4gle; Perfon being thus, overruled, they apr piled themfelves tb the Confideration .and De- bat^ of. the remaining Claufes; of the lnftrii- menit of iGpver.orPenr. They declared that he fhotifd be Protedor dvipg hiSsLife, fnd Iimiifeed •fheNiimber of Forces to be keptpp.in^w^/^J $$atfand), and /rWand^, with Provifiqp for t% Pflimphtr; of them. \t. They agreed, upon the Krtmbbr of Ships that they tlwaghjiPecefTary for the Guard of the Seas, w4, ordered two hundred thouland Pounds a Year for his own lExpie^cp, the Salaries of his , Council, the Jpdgfeii Foreign Intelligence, and the Recep tion of AmbafladorkrThey alfo Votppl a Claufe to be inferred, to declare the Rights of the People of England, and particularly that no IVforiey fheqldlbe raifed' upon the Naitjop but by Authori%of Parfamef*. Add whereas by th# Inftrument, of Government it was provided, ''«&; . ' ¦* ' "" >:f; ' • ' that that if jfe P^ame^^^^ ^^^fm.PrrotecloB, the ^0^^1,4 rf|t| ^hufp a Spcqeffor ; ^hey- folyed, thaf^qihing fnqukL^e, deterrriineji the Co^nc^l after his De^t^bqt the} calf ip|_ a Parlk^rit^iwl|iptwefg^& sqeopjiq'er .;gj they ^>fd l^yedqpg0,JB^^thefethi| can remember ^no rerna^jbjlft Variatip^ what^s/fornrerly fet .down jp the.P^l^. led the Iofjrument of Government), ejfc^^t . additional .^pte, Thatn,oone€laufe ofthisfkfiu^ \e loi)keidliupo%as binding^^l^fft-p^w^hole.w^f ¦ confentedunto. Whicb^yi^ (did, left.jjCt'^f.; voel fhoulq\ ig^errupt ^qnj,. ^.nd taking,, what,' rhade fpr; h$i°wn, '^ was advantageous :,tpj;jl|ei)EommoQW^/l^ Much ,$ime w^s fpent,uajB|§l Rajps ; ta&filffii^' " fed this within^ the time; ijmjit^d* fo tha$jjj$ ly any private jftofinelsj was done all tha^jtki except ;aii Qrder givenj;p;|tlje|.Exeife-OflkeJ fatisfying an pip" Debt j pretended ,by Gpl.j firch,x majs (Q§ their Mejgggrs* a „oinjble>£ emap,- ap^-one who u(j|§1|| pegle#:j3Ct -Q] p^tupjty^ ^rqvjd^g^^rafeif, }m -V;£b^U&Bfleft that-he.-mj^if ,r#aiker?W_ his Rp/h^r^y tp fuccepd b|ni ip\ bi$. Greajtt „. ch^ngfloV^e Tifcle of Li^ejpapf General Fle&tj-, j^^.^ppj'tiha^jpf Comrn^^(\ h Chief, tq th^t P?i^Wi.ypf k£land> t^cpntinue till fuch mm g^it liquid be,tfioug|it fit to, recal him from ShenGe3;,and to qftablifli h,js;Spn Harry in hh Place. |n pt4er tq this a^qmpifliqn was fent K k 4 to .. •»*-¦*• X^p^tUyMon^CrdmVDef, wherein thbfe whp were fttfore Icalterf C^miffiotifer^ t; are now Hireo1 Pttfy his Courtfellors; Having thus mo delled? rxW. ^Government of Ireland,* he began to a^ji^ fais Care to that of Scdtlahd; arid know- ^| Monk to bea S^icr,; and faithful enough tb^Hi as lortg a;s;hewoiald gratiffe his vicious, covetous, and ambitious Inclinations, he ert- trufted .'hinf '^vith the Cbmmand of the Forces, and madV him pne of the Commifcners.fpr Civil Affairs in thatt 'Nation. But that h§ might balaace him With fome of another Tem per, who1 plight be' a Guard upoft his Adiorisi he fent Col. Adrian -Mroop to Efe orte of the G^rrimiflioners there alfo,havingfirft caufed the <£aftle of Briflol, Whereof he was;GPvempur> tb be flighted, no? 'daring to truft a Perfon of fb Much Honouf Wd1 Worth With' a Place of that Importance. He likewifefentthitherColi Whetham with the farrie CharadeYJ who hav ing. been one of the late Aflembly, as Well as Governour of Portfniouth, and upaerftandin^ that a- Defign was on foot tb mate Cromwel King, had in the Houfe applied to him the Sayl- teg of the Prophet to Ahab, H0 'thou killed \ and alfo taken Pofleffion ? By which Words it ap pearing that this Gentleman was not for Oli ver's turn, he removed him from Portfmoutb, and fertt him to Scotland to be one of the Corri- miflioners there alfo. The Lofd Broghil wa% made Prefident of the Council in ScOtland,mti an Allowance of two thoufand Potmds a Year, with f.foj > with aPromife from' him, who never feeptjny but fuch as futed with his corrupt ends, that; his Service fhould be difpenced with after one Yeaji, and yet his Salary tp continue. ^ In Holland the Patty of the' Prince of Or an? f Racing longpbftrtidedthe fijming/of the Arti cles a^reedppon hetjveen that State, and Crom wel,- the States General fent Myn Heier Bever- itf^Ariibaffadorihto England, to ifjure Crorn^ wel, that if the Provinces .did riot' agree tothe Articles within eight days, he had Power froth* the States General to fign them in their NamesP feut'befbre this PeSee Was concluded, the King of Scots Party had* obtained Succours to be fent' to their Friends in ''Scotland, who were aug-» mented to the Nuriiber of about five thoufand Hj&^ahd foot, having received fifteen nun-" dred Foot, two hundred Hoffe; and' %reit Numbers of Arms brought to them by feVejA- teen Holland Ships; fbthat itWjfethought At to take Lieutenant Gefieral Monk from the Fleet, the War at Sea being now over, and to ferttfhimio take Care of Affairs in Scotland; BjStMieflytokeep'the Officersthercfrom draw ing to a Head againft CromwePs Ufurpatiop. liieutenartt General Middletm, with about one Huttdred Men mOre^ for the rripft part Officers^ ¦five hundred Arms, knd one hundred and fifty Barrels of PPwder*' landed alfo in theNorth{Pf Scotland. To1 oppofe thefe Fofees We fent fif teen luridredl Men from Ireland under Lieute nant Col. Braine, into the Mountains of 'Scot land, , Wh^c^ib^ted-ver . flop p£ ijb^^ t ,h M^^mmived ift&ftfaff, divide^ h) Army intqrfevejpl Bodies* , ^.^^>rincirJal.or w^uph wprAcwnn^iip^ fiol. Morgan M^khp%^mi^^,Mm fo cfofely, that ^t a$^nc$,f>£ Jfe M| M them in the Cqunty^ <\4&w&*. fcW°#qn gpgfc Alarm, apqVto mfftagajft 4^,4 iertde?ypuz to, he agreedAupgn,,,' %kkb®$$ &k\vpkt j|eK adyanPP^Igw^^b^jCjuarie^ of Col, %*gf& wpere tbejjiSMfA 'Warily received, and forcfj to retire. y:M$[dfetQyri$ p avoid the purfuif, pf ougs, difperfedjiis Foot ^tq^nagpeflible Qprr tors, and 4rewutPge|her, abput fix hupp'reo' Horfe at .Kwn%$3 whereby; J^y£ r^rcejyfog ihtt his; iDefigrt was to fefi rouj #i?r Fpf ces, ^fij dined following him foicipfe,,epdeayouring t/? diriye him upon .Col., Morgan,, > w-hqm $ftr%d^d by a, MopaJft and ' being -Wy ptirfofld ; by • Col.''4ft/»5» (Mi Forces '< t S97 ? ^c^apd^c^|^aW,by dj$cwlfcj\feteff was fpon routed, rnapy of bis ^Iqn w£rqj$JJ$L and 'many taken Prifoners $ fpur hund*e4 $f their Horfq ^re^ajteri*; tQgpjfrer withifij barging and' S/urppw* , H^t^ .pf^iddkm b^rpfelf, who being ^oun^ejj Jp the. Ad^ fay^ mmfejf wita^muc^ $fljc»lty on F^g^. His ; Commiffion, Ipftjrudip^ and 4i vers, %Mr ters written to him and his Friends, by- fibjtf King, were taken alfora^jhaji not.^^as fled beep favoured!. by the 1^. yYays and ikf Night, very few : had efcapep". The News.- @jf j|hjs Defeat e©miogv to the Enemies Fpot, wji were ip Number about twelve hwdred,, t£*ey immediately •o^*ndep, therof#es;, and div^s of the Enemies r^incipal Officers came in mft |^mittep\ and i amongftjherfli, i-he .Ejarf' , tgif Glfncarne, Lie«ter|^Bt.Col,^|v^i Lieuterfianf jg*pL //^rifl//,theL^ird /for^fejand Sir G$frg& Mwrpe- V"et> npjrwilibftaridiflg $# Jqw Qpndi- t^p of.tbat^rt^4P Swtfa&l, the Qlergyre- fu/§4tp qbfer;ye fftcji ^^^mmW^sm^m tjhf;. Government ip England-^ $p4 inP|Tintp thp Mej&terty^ntttoz^ym fajafc fadibn from the Grand Djifef #£ Tiftw&> hi % '¦'¦'¦"¦ ' rt ' In- ( y°g ) vttgfees^dorie^opur Merchants, and forerater- iamiog and harbouring Prince Rupert's Fleet ; in which Expedition he not Only procured the Satisfadion demanded, butrendred the Power of England fo formidable not only to all Italy^ bat even to the Grand Seignior himfelf, that theyexprefleda greatier readinefs to preferve the Friendfhip of the Englifh than ever they* had done before. ; , . fr' ;"'* In the rtieao 'tirpe Cromwel having afTuafef the whole Pb&erpf the Nation to himfelf, and fent Ambafla^orsapii Agents to Foreign States, was courted again by theJnv and prefented with the Rarities of feveral Countries ; amongft thje reft the •pears fiears that h^ would hav pad the Nat'ipr* fo be per petu'auy g oyernedby the Military Swpf|$ thus did this wife Map (as4 he wpuip* top thpught) weaken his own Intereft, and |pij$ trie Affedippsbf the People: Fpr as by hi® Interruption of tbe long Parliament, he difob- iiged the 'nipft^fober part, of the Nation, fo by the biffolu^iort of trji^AfTenlbly he qpe^ejcjl the Eyes of thp" reft, who had been h^he^ made tp believe that^ he was neceffitate^.to Jtj}§f .extraordinary Adion, beqapfe they would-ppt do thole-good things fpr the Nation .. whi^ Were expeded from them ; and by this re* pipachfu} difmiffion of the Conventjiori, wh^ch, cbnfifted for the moft part of Men of mode rate Spirits, and who had gone in the Judg^ ment of the moft difcerning Men, but too far in compliance ( vyith him for the purchafe pf their prefent Peace, he made a confiderable part of thofe who had been Friends to him, ir reconcilable Enemies, and fent the Member^ into their, refpedive Countries to relate, to their Neighbours and thofe that fent them what an unreafonable Creature they had found nim. ... ,, '-UjQfi* Havipgdiflblved the pretended Reprefentf/! tive called by his own Authority, he began by Bribes to corrupt others tp his Jntereft ; arid $p this end ordered the Arrears, of Col. Hcwtfott for his Englifh Service to be paid in ready; Mqt ney, and his frifh Arrears tb be fatisftec$ out of forfeited Lands in the County of Dublin, ait the rate rite- of therA%efttfrers in fuch places: as. hef fhould chbeffe~ He ordered two thouwod "Pounds to bc^pMd but of die Treafuty to Mi.Weafver in lieu of What the*Parliament had fetled upon him out of the forfeited Lands in Scotland* and ten thoufand Pounds in ready* Money to Major General Lambert in confidera tion of ©he thoufand Pounds by Year out of the faid forfeited Lands given to turn bjf the Parliament, hot regarding how he lavifhed a- way the Publick Treafare, fo as he might? pro cure fuch Inltfurnents as he thought" Wouldbe'. fubferviehtto'his urijuft Defigns. By this tirpe many began openly to difcbver' their Difcbnrent s, and particularly the Friends of th&Sdotf King, Who tho' he faw clearly, his Game playing by this Ufurper thrpujg|i the Di- vifionshemadeamongft thofe, whofe Intereft it was to be united in bppofitioh tb him' ; yet being impatient of delay, and. not caring how many he fac'rificed, fo as he might with more expedition recover the Exercife? of his Power,- be fent over divers Commiflioris for the railing pf Hqrfe and Foot, arid prevailed with fome young Gentlemen of little Confideration and lefs Experience to accept them, and to engage againft a vidorious^Arrriy commanded by one, Wteosfpared riot the Purfe of the , Comrnori- wMth to procure Intelligence., By whtshi means he caufed a great number of -ArVhs ibsf were provided for the execution of this D^figi to be feteed, and imprifoned divers Perl^ti1? L 1- eoactrn- ( SH ) concerned in it; wherein he made ufe of one Baily a Jefuit, who difcovered his Kinfman one Mr. Bagrnl, Son to the Lady Terringham, to- g©t|ej:;. with hi! own Brother Capt, Nkkolft ^i|f,.accufingthembothof accepting Con> miflons for railing a . Regiment, which Mr. Bagnal upon his examination did riot deny... But notwithstanding this Difcpverj, ^fo confi dent were thefe young Men of Succifs, that they^ftill carried on their Plot, and appointed a Djay for the execution of it. Cromwel' fuC peding they might have fome Grounds for their Confidences,, difpatched Commiflary Ge neral Reynolds to Ireland with Orders & caufe fome Forces to be imbarked fot'finffl$ml, and accordingly about two thoufand* Foot and three hundred Horfe were ordered to be fent over to his aifliftance ; the Foot to be command* ed by Col. Sadler, and the Horfe by Major &&t$ uri. This Party being drawn to the Watjr- fide, fome of the private Soldiers, whether from any Scruple of Confcience, or from* an unwillingriefs to leave their Wives, Children, and Plantations in Ireland, I cannot fay, re fufed to imbark, tho' Lieut. General Fleetwood. with feveral Field-Officers of the Army were prefent ; alledging that they had lifted them felves to fight againft the Rebels of Ireland, and in profecution of that Obligation were rear dy to obey all Commands; that they knew not agaipft whom they fhould be drawn to engagfe in^England, poflibly againft fome of their bell?. Friends, ftfefld* ,ftndsitfcy;efore jeW to he , frprnjthft^Sjryice. The^Qters refolyfflg IP fionipei thernjby I*rjree tq ^pjaboard, caliep* a Cqurt Martial 'upon the Place, where f hey ^pdemne^ppe .of .the moft acltive to! P£f$, ;and ordered one entire Cqmpany to becaijper- ed; bpph which Orders jyere immediately put in execution, by breaking the Company, apd hangJBg.the Map upon the l^aft of one -of t|ie Ships : At this.Execution Cot Hew^tfok^ho jhad been Jajtely obliged in the -matter of his Arrears, as a Mark of his, Gra|ttude gave older jthfit.the poor Man fhould be hanged higher thap vvas at firft ^efigned, ? The Cavalier Plot was ftill on foot in Eng^- J0d; and tho' divers of them Were irnpriforied,' and many Arms feized, yet it was ftill refolved to attempt fomethjng. To this end a Cartload' ofArrnswas Conveyed to the place of^Rj^i- dezyouz agreed upon for the Northern Part>, where it was reported the Contrivers of. this Defign were to be headed by the Lord Wi¬ But receiving fome Alarm upon their fi'rft meet" ing, and fearing left the regular Forces fhould; fill upon them> before I hey were fuffi^iepiiy prepared for their. Defence , they difpeffed t|anfelves, and left their Arms behind* them, The only cohfide%ble Party rhat appeared were thofe at Salisbury; which they had an opportu nity of doing under 'cPfogr . of going to the Affizes. They conftfted/of about one hundred' aitd fit y "Horfe,;4' and' drew together iirlrfie'. Night, and wefe^rdered to feize the Judgis there in Circuit, th^Sheriftpf tjie County,; arid fuch other Perfons as they ffippld fufped^. to be Enefnies to'tbe- Defign.J , Pt intone ofenjoyinEthe Adva'ritage^ of all thd: Vidor^ of tho'jl? to 'ivK'om f hey had -feeW' ¦ Enemies tft|ist|ef ' anfwefed. That they r»uddock and' Capt. firove' we're executed by beheading, accordllg tothe Sentence pronounced againft them ; bilft Mrffines of Newtdn Tony being allied to Crop; wel,was pardoned after he had been found guilty by the Jury, and Major Crook was ordered to Jiaye two hundred Pounds by year out of Hr.'l^onpeffbtfi ; Eftate fbr his good Seryice in the fupjxrefriop of this Party. : ' ' thetjfurper Wasnbt a little ftarrfeii at this Ihfurredion, fufpeding that fo fmall a Num ber would not have appeared without more confiderable Encouragement ; and therefoie tho? he had lately fo meanly ftooped to coprt the Cavalier Party, and thereby highly praybfeed \ bis apciePt Friends to a juft Jealoufie and in- ";""¦- ¦ dignatipn/? C ?*9 ) dignation, he refolved now to fall upon thern^ and to break through all their Compofitiorjf, e- ven the Ad of Oblivion it felf, in the obtaining and palling of which he had fo great a hand. To, this end he commanded a tenth part of their Eftates to be levied, in order as he pre tended to maintain thofe extraordinary Forces which their turbulent and feditious Pradices obliged him to keep up. In defence of which Oppreffion I could never yet hear one Argu ment offered that carried any Weight, either with refped to Juftice or Policy : for haying by his Treachery and Ufurpation difobliged thofe with whom he firft engaged, he feemed to have no other way left to fupport himfejfi but by balancing his new with his old Ene mies, whom by this frefh Ad of Injuftice he rendred defperate and irreconcilable, they be- ingpotableto call any thing their own,, whilft by the fame rule that he feized one Tenth, he might alfo takeaway the other nine parts at his pleafure. And to put this deteftable Projed in execution, he divided England into Cantons, over each of which he placed a Baihaw Under" the Title of Major General, who was to have the Infpedion and Government of inferiour Commiflioners in every County, with Orders to feize the Perfons, and diftra'in the Eftates of fuch. as fhould be refradory, and to putip execution fuch* further Diredions as they iliould receive from him. fii' LI4 »n ( s%9 y In the Army there Were not wanting fome that ftill retained anAffedion to the Caufe of their CountryV which appeared' more- particu larly in a Petition to CreWtwel, fignedby^ many! of them, containing things- fo foitable * tothe Defiresof honeft Men,*that it' proved on -that addbpnt very unwelcome to the Ufurper. A rnongft others Col. 0 key endeavoured to per* (wade the Officers of his Regiment to ftand by him in the profecution'of the ends of it, but was interrupted in that Defigrt by his Major, for whom he had not jWithout difficulty ob tained that ^Employment. It was alfo pre*' tended, that Major General Overton, with fome Officers of the Army in Scotland, deflgds> ed to feize upon Monkt and to march with ttiit Army to London for the ReftitUtion ©f the Par liament: Upon fufpicion of which he was feized and fent Prifoner to LondoWf where, he was committed to the Tower. '•><*'¦;¦<. About three hundred of the Petition afore- faidj together with another Writing called the Memenlo^wexe fent into Ireland in a Box di- reded to me, and accompanied with a fhprt Letter wifh'oPt any Subfcription : Which Pa pers, when I had perufed, and found them to contain fuch Truths as were very' proper*, to prepare the Minds of Men to embrace the firft Pppqrtunity of refcuing themfelves from the prefent Oppreflion, I thought" it my Duty to procure them to be difperfed as touch to the Advantage of the Publick as I could. Where in c f*1 ; ia ¦ I was. particularly afflfted by Gapt. Wafcot, one of the faithful Officers of my Regiment, and divers others of my Friends. I acquainted Lieutenant Col. Brayfield -with my Defign, and fent fome of the Papers to Major Dayv, who Was then at Dublin, but refided ufually in Con- naught, thinking him to be a proper Perfon to be employed todifperf^ \ hem in that Province. The faid Major Davis having received the Pa pers, came to me, and defirtdto know if they came frcm me- ; I anfwered him, that tho'T wifhedmy Name might have been concealed, yetthat Queftion being put to me* I durft not deny it, ; and having further informed him of the Reafops which moved me fo to do, he de* clared himfelf to be fully fatisfied with them. But it afterwards appeared, that upon the firft receipt of thofe Papers, he had acquainted Mr. Roberts, the Auditor General therewith, pre- fumtrtg hirp to bewell afleded to the. Com mon "Caufe ; 5whieh proving otherwife7, the faid Roberts inform'd Lieutenant General Fleet wood of what he knew. The Lieutenant Ge neral *having alfo had advice that I had dii- cou-rfed with Lieutenant Col Brayfield in the Gaftle-yard, and fufpeding it might be upon the fame Bufipefs, fent for Major Davis and the faid Lieutenant Colonel to examine them, who confefled fo much of the matter , as was a ground for him to difpach a MefTenger to me, in order to enquire concerning the Truth of it. The Perfon imployed was one Major Walpis, who ( in ) Who coming to my Houfe at $$wktomi,§in* formed me, that Lieutenant General Fleetwood had received Information that I had difpei^ fome of the late Petitions and Memento's, td which I anfwered, that feeing the thing; which I defired to carry on privately was not concea led, I fllould not decline to affirm* that1 my Confcierice obliged me not to Another fo much Truth as thofe Papers feem'd to me to contain. He then told me, that the Lieutenant Gen^jaJ defired. to fpeak with me about that Matter; and I%fbmifed to attend him the next Mor ning. Accordingly I went to him, and afler fome Conference concerning the Papers^ lie •produced an Order from Cromwdandlhis Coin- Cil to this effed : That whereas I had declared my felf diffatisfied with the prefent Government, he thi faid Lieutenant General Fleetwood was required to take carep ihat my Charge in the Arnrymight be managed fome other way. He ad ded, that he had received the faid Order fome Mortths fince, but would not communicate it to meltill now, when upon the diftribution of thefe Papers he durft not conceal it any longer, left he fhould be accounted a Confederate with me. I replied, that if my Life as well as my Employment had been at ftake, -I durft not have omitted what I thought to be my Duty in this Particular : That having no Power to difpute their Pieafure, I fhould at prefent loofc upon it as a Law1 to which I muft fubrflit, Some time after* Mr Menjamin Worfeleyw&s fent to ( S*\ ) t#» acquainting that Lieutenant General -Jjtyfi- wWhadfceen inexpedation of hearing (from me toftclaJrig tity fubmifliop to the Order he ffeeWed me, either by Letter^or the furrender of rkf Commiffion. I anfwered, that I thought neither of themneceflary ; and hoped that my Retirement' into my own Country, whiclil fusNtenry defigned,; might be fufficient. But itwas; determined that I fhould not fo eafi^y quit the Publick Stage : For the next Morning I was defired to attend the Lieutenant General, which accordingly I did, 'and found eight or tefll-of his Advifers with him. The Defign of theif Meeting Was to perfwade me either to de liver up my Commiflion, or to engage under my Hand,not to ad by virtue of it, till I (hopld fiffl^-eceive Commiflion fo to dp from Cromwel, or^ieutenam General Fleetwood. Tothe firft I anfwered-, That I durft not deliver my Com miflion to arty other Power fave that of the Parliament, who had entruftedme with it; and that it was all 1 had tojuftifie me for doing rtta- nythings wherein the Lives of Meri had been concerned. To the Second I could by no means cortfent, becaufe I durft not tie my own Hands from ading by virtue of it, when I fhould be juftly calf d upon fo to do. Being returned to my Houfe, doubtful what thpE- vent of this Con teft might be, and defirous to have good Advice before I proceeded any far- thetyi fent to four or five )Officers, of whofe integrity I haxl a good Opinion, to ask, their Judg- (•£M) Judgnien tin this cafe. The Refult of our Conference was, That 1 fhould in a Letter to Lieutenant General Fleetwood, ftatethe Juftiql of, my Call to the Employment whereof I wis poffeft, and the Conditions on which I received my Commiflion, being particularly foliated to ilby Cromwel himfelf, when he appeared in the; fhapeof a Commonwealths-man :; The Autnp* rity that gave me my Commiflion ; ' the pre fent Defedioli from that Apthority and Gorp^ mon Caufe, which Cromwel as well as I had en gaged to maintain ; the Duty incumbent upon me to difperfethe faid Books, becaufe the Sub- ftance of my Diflatisfadibn was contained in them; withal to declare what Lwould be ; fa- tisfied With, if it might be attained ; and if that could not be, how far I thought myifelf obliged to fubmit. A ; Letter? to this effedrw?. ing drawn up by mev With the Advice of the Officers above-mentioned, I fent it to the Lieu tenant General, and fome time after received •a Meflage from him to acquaint me, thafai^ cording .to a late Order brought to him front, England, I muft either deliver my Commifliqn| prbefentPrifoner thither. I told the Meflen- ger, that I could not comply with his Demand;, thor I fhould be fent Prifoner to, Rome; but thit the Commiflion lay in a Cabinet in my Clofet, where he might fincl it if he thought fit to break open the Door, and take it away. But he having no other Orders than tode^gl, the Delivery of .my Comnriffiqn > departed; with-- • WrthPUt'lt.'? ^ iA Day or - two after Mt. Mies Corbet cafheto my FJpufeby order bf'thts-i^l- tertant General, rand fnewerJ^ne the Letted th§t C'rofowel had fent to require him to demand fche Surrender Of my Commiflion, and' ifi cafe of refufal to fecure my Perfon in Ireland, or no fend me Prifoner to England. He ufed what Arguments he could tahrdoce me to a Compli ance, which^ When 1 had heard, 1 fetfdown.in writing my Anfwer, to be' delivered to Lieu tenant 'General "Fleetwood, which was in fub- fbuTce to let him know, That I looked upon my Commiflion to be of no more danger to them, than if it was a dually taken from me, and can celled at the head of the Army, but that I was not willing, by a voluntarySubmiffion, to qwn the Juftice of the prefent Order, becaufe I had Received the faid Commiflion from the Parlia ment to ferve as an Officer in their Army, in order to the execution of Juftice upon thofe who had murdered and qpprefled the Englifh Proteftaats ; and that I durft not confent to ;be withdrawn from that Duty by any fave that Authority alone which Jjadplaced me in that Statibh : That if, I had received my CommifB On immediately' from the General, 1 fhouldtpot wiilifigly return it at hisJPleafure in this Con juncture, -as well in regard to the Duty I owed to the Publick, as to the Army : That it could be a^med nothing Jefs than a wilful betray ing of that Caufe for Which I had contended in conjuridionwith the Army, if I, who had been ho- honoured withan EmpfoynaentAJn a War raffed forlhe Defence of 4-ibpr^f againft ^the Arbitra ry >PWer? of a finglePerifori, fhppldfyojqgtarily fubmit ;toL what was ipropofed. > For vJSnoe the whole jfitjtlority M the Three , Nations was af- lutifed by the -Army;- if I fhould acknowledge the>eritirc DifpofaJ of all things rebtiing CO th«t Army to refide in the - lin might be called, and that upon a full hear* ing and debateof the matter" they fhoukj de clare if to be my Duty, I'would fpbmiti as to the Higher ^Powers,, having none at prefer||"to appeal? to from them but God.' This Exp^lli- ent being not approved, the Lieutenant Gene ral fent Mr. Miles Corbet again 'to me,. wit|;a Proportion, that I would chufe either to go to London, or to be confined in Ireland)? Inan- fwer to which, and upon confideration of the Dffcompofure of my Affairs in Bnglan^ by reafon of a great Debt left upon my Eftate at my departure thence, not likely to be leffeqed by my Abfence ; and being Very defirous to come to a fpeedy Trial for my Jfefufal to de liver my Commiflion, I made choice of the for mer. Mr., Corbet then told me, that a Man of War fhould be prepared for my Transportati on, provided I would give my word to appear before ( m ) befoif Crmmf^nd not to. ad: any thing againft him in the piean time, to which I cpnfentjed, for tho' I dprfV hot engage to difable my jTelf from ading, whilft nothing was pbjeded a» gain ft me, feft I fjiould thereby not only have gtyen away my own Liberty, but alfo make an ill Precedent for other Men ; yet being now aceufed of a pretended Crime, I was contented to pafs my Parole to appear as defired, and in the mean^ipie! not toad againft him. When thefLieutenant General perceived that I was j^r folved on my Journey, he defired me to put off* my departure fortwo Months, pretending that things being in fome diforder in England, he f&re^fi Cromwel might apprehend a neceflity of uflng me "with more Severity .than he wiffied 5 apd tofbften this Delay, gave a Warrant for the payment of a Sum of Money to me for de fraying my Expences whilft I ftaid, together with thofe of. my Jpurney to London. And in deed what he faid concerning^ the Diforderspf England, was not without ground, things run ning every day more and more into Confufion, the Cavaliers being enraged to fee the Throne ufurped, and thofe who had ' hazarded all for their Country finding themfelves cheated, Gqftom and Excife raifed without Authority of Parliament, and Taxes impofed to no other end than to fupport the Pride and Infolence of a Angle Perfon. ,Some there were that openly opposed thefe Qppreffions, and amongft others Mr. George Cony a Merchant, who having re- -fufed fiifcd to pay CuIroriv5i't was violently' taken; from him, and he therfcuponjuef the Coiled^ at theCommOn Law. rBut CromwePrefo^^ to put aftop to fuch daflgerbiis Precedents; caufed the Cbupfel for Mr. Cony1, who were .Serjeant Maynardt Serjeant Twyfden, artfMF, Wddham Windham, to bq fent to the Tower, where they had not been above three or four- Days, when they unworthily petitioned tb be fet at libcrty,Vacknowledgirig their Fault, and ptomifing tb do fo no more, chufingf rather td facrifice the Caufe of their Client ,l wherelil that of their Country was alfo eminently con cerned, than to endure a little? Reftr'aititj witli the lofsof the Fees for a few daysl By this means, when the Caufe came jo the next hear ing, Mr. Conj waspeceflitated t© plead for him felf, which he did in as flfort a maimer as he could, referring it wholly to the Judge,* Whe-. ther that Tax being not authorizedhy Parlia ment, ought to be paid by the Law of the Land ; and declaring that he would abide b^ his Judgment therein. Serjeant Rolls ¦', then Chief Juftice of the Upper Bench, thoVcofr fcierttious Man, and a Lover of Civil Liberty; yet not daring to determine it for him; faid, that fomething muft be allowed to Cafes of Neceflity. To which Mr. Cony replied. That it was never Wont tb^be a good Plea in Lavf, for a Man to make Neceflities," and then to plead them. But the jfudge wanting Courage, ]6vouId not give Judgment againft the UfurpeP| ano \ ( s%9 ) and being too much an honqft Man to give if. for him, he toqk time till the next enfuing Terrp, rto confider, what Rule he fhould give in the cafe. In the mean time, uppn confide ration that his continuance in that Station was like to cnfnare him more and more, he defired, By a Letter to Cromwel,to have his Quietus ', and. Serjeant/ Glyn was appointed to fucceed him in his Employment* as a fitter Inftrument to car ry on the Defigns on foot. The/new Chief Juftice, before he came to fit on tHe Bench,took care to have this Bufinefs accommodated . with Cony, who loft his Reputation by withdraw ing himfelf from a Caufe wherein the Publick was fo much copcerrted. Sir Peter ZVentwortht a Member of the Long Parliament,, caufed alfo a Colledor in the Country to be arretted and profecuted at his Spit, tho* he could , hardly procure an Attorney to appear, or Counfel to pjea-d for him. Cromwel having received no tice of this.Profecution, fent a Meflenger with a'n» 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 ruVcohftarit Principle, That by the Lt*wjf England, no M$ney ought to be levied upon thelreople without their Confent in Parlia ment. Cromwel then asked him, whether he would withdraw his Adibn or -no ? To which he replied, If you will command me, I muft fubmit ; and thereupon Cromwel having com manded it, he withdrew his Adion. Some Mm time ( n© ) time after taking the liberty in a 6ifeottrfe with; him to reprpve him for that RetradatiOh, fy made me |his Arifwer, That no ^tah cotllB rlaye done more thari be did to the time Pf his appearing at the Council, and "that if he ha4 then failed in anything, it rnuftbe attribute to his Agebf threefdore and three Years, When, faid he, the Blood does not run yHth the fame Vigour as in younger Men. It having been difcovered that the Lord Grey of Grooby had given td a Perfon a Copy of the Memento i which I had before difperfed in Ireland, he was fentiot to London, and committed Prifonerfo Windfor-CaftXe for the fame. The next Term he fued for a Habeas Corpus, which/the Chief Juftice, according to LaW, granted him, but the Governour of Windfor-Cafkle refufed to give Obedience tothe Order of Court, and fo rendred itineffedual to him, infomueh that he could not obtain his Liberty till he had given a pecuniary Security not to ad againft the Go vernment, which hcchofe to dp rather •thart'to engage his Parole, thereby hazarding only the Lofsof fb much Money, and preferving hi? Honour [and Integrity. Col. Sexby was alfo fufpeded to have haa a hand in the #fperflpn > of tho. Petitions: and Memento's before-men* tioned; and thereupon was fent for in order to } be fecured^ which he having notice of, fled, but 1 waspurfued fo clofe, that his Man was taken with his Portmanteau. Cromwel btirtg difap- poirited of taking him , pretended on the ac count cbiirftofancierttFriendfhipto pafs'by what lie had done, and propofed to imploy him as his Agent to thofe of Bourdeaux, who'had applied themfelves for Succour againft the opprefling Miniftry of ^France. The Colonel being un der neceflity, accepted df the Employment, and Cromwel ordered him a Sum of Money to fop* ply his prefent Otcafiorts, with Letters of Ex change for more at Bourdeaux. Being thus fur- nifhed, he went over to France, where his Bufi- nefs being betrayed to the Magiftrates of Bour* deaux, they gave order to feize his Perfon ; bxxl he having received advice of their Intenti ons, made his Efcape by Night over the Walt of ( the Town, and departed from that King dom."* In Irelaniit was thought fit to disband fome .part of the Army ; yettather to free themfelves of fome. of the difcoPtented*Party, than that Nation of the Charge. In order to this, a Lift \Vas produced lately font* from England, ap pointing wh^t Eegiments of Horfe and Foot fhould be broken. Of thefe mine was to be one, tho' care was taken that thofe of my Re giment;, or any othdr, that Would fail with any ' Wind,-' fhould be provided for ; and it muft be a%K(owledged, that they were fo juft to allow both Officers and Soldiers their; full Arrears butof the forfeited Lands in each \Courity, ac cording tp the Kates, that f/ad been fet upon them by the General Council of Officers,wpere- •jfcf tOe GobdneTs tand Convepieney .ofawery. M m a Goun- ( $1* ) County was eftimated 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 garter- mafter, to ad for me, which they did ; and my Proportion] in the faid Land, yielded mpaboUt one hundred pounds the firft Year, and afterwards nearaoo. It was reported to be farther improvable ; but I never faw it, and know not whether I ever fhall. My Lieutenant Colonel having had his Arrears with the reft of the Regiment,, was ac- cufed of faying that this Diftribution would prove invalid without an Ad of Parliament, and the Crime aggravated by one, who infor med at the head Quarters & if he defigned to excite the Soldiers to a Mutiny ; whereupon he was fent for, and committed toCuftody till he gave aflurance oWiis quiet arid peaceable Beha viour. - The Defign of ffeizing the Riches of the Spaniards in the Weft-Indies, having proved unfUccefsful,and inftead of bringing Gold or Sil ver home, much was tranfported from hence thither, where many Pf our Men daily perifti- ed thro' wary: and the exceflive Heats of that Climate; yet it was refolved to keep Jamaica., of which place -Col. Fortefcue was made Go- v^erndur, and Commander in Chief of the For ces there, after 'the return of Col. Fenables Amongft others that died, there was one Mi". Winflow, who had been defigned to be Goveir nour C sn T nour of fome Plade , when they could get 4t. In this Expedition one Mr. Gage a Prieft died alfo, who was reported to have been a princi pal Ad vifer of this Undertaking. Colonel For/: tefcue continued not long in his Employment before he died alfo : After whofe Death Colonel' Edward Daily was made Commander in Chief, and he falling to plant , made a fhift to get a Subfiftence, which was but a poor return for the Expence and Lofs fuflained in this Attempt. And as Cromwel was thus prodigal of the Lives of Englifh-men abroad, fo was he nojefs of our Liberties at home ; for not contenting him felf with the Death of many of thofe who had raifed Arms againft him, and Seizure of the Goods of that Party, he tranfported whole' Droves of them at a time into foreign parts, without any legal Trial. In, the number of thofe that were fent away was ,,Mry William Afhburnham, Sir Thomas Armftrong, and others, to whom may be added Ljeut. Col. John Lil> bum, who contrary to all Law, and after an Acquittal by a Jury , hadheen formerly bani- fhed. And now to prevent Major General Overton frornthe Benefit of a y Habeas Car pus % for which Cromwel was informed he intended to move, tho' he had no reafon to al ledge why it fhould be denied him;, yet; he fent him in cuftody to Jer fey with the hazard of his Life,and to the great prejudice of his Eftate. Major John Wildman t was alfo (eized upon, and it was pretended that he was taken didating to his M m 3 " Ser- < 534 ) Servant a Declaration for levying War uc OJiver Cromwel. The Citizens of London were made -acquainted with it, and the faid MaJ$| bippgfit tb London by a Guard of Horfe, and cbr^S^tt#d Prifoner to the Tower. ..- ,f ^¦^vliier having felt the Pujfe, of the Army in» Irehnd,a$ was obferved before, refolved to fend* Ms Son Harry thither, that being on trie Plaq|| he might be the more able to fix the Soldiery^tp his Intereft. In his Journey to, Ireland with^his Wife and Family, he was: every- whgre ca/efift} by the Cavalier Party, and particularly enter tained by Col, Mo fop in North-Wales, where^the Health of his Father,, was drunk by the faid Colonel. After fome time fpent in thofe parts, he put to Sea ; and* upon his arrival in thg Bay of Dublin, the Men iof War- that acp€§| panied him, and other Ships in the Har^^ rung fuch,a Peal with their Cannon, as ifforril; great good News had been •corning tops ; and tho? the ufuaf place of landing, for thofe' Wh| ipome invShips of War was near my Hqufe, yet fcieand his company went up in Boats tothe ^Rings^end, where they went afhore, and wo* , rpet |here by rpoft of the Officers Ciyil aM Military about the Town : The end of his Coming over was not at firfl: discovered, afl4 conjedured tq be only to command in thplAr- my as Major ^General under Lieut.; Gene# •Fleetwood. |? The two Months agreed on attflfl, defire of the Lieutenant General for my Stay in Ireland being expired, he renewed his Requeft ¦' 'V- '-.'.. . . that j&tt f wpjuld agajp. defer my Journey to Eng?. lap4 for two Mpnths longer, to wnjchrcpn- fo|ltf^» not doubting that |t proceeded from his f riepdihip tprpej Bu| the laft two Months drawing near to an end^ I began to prepare for py Journey; which being obferved, an Order, pujfuapt to Inductions from England, was brought tpme by Co]. Thomas Herbert; Secre tary pf.th.e Council, requiring me to remain ip Irefapd- The Secretary tolpme, that he had if. in Commiflion from Lieut. General Fleit? w#d, to acquaint me, that uppn his own ad;- counr,and notwithftandi^ this£>rder,he would , take upon him to give me permiffion' to go inr to England for fetling my Affairs there, if I Would engage, to return within fix Months, and not ad againft the prefent Gpyerpment during that time. Tho' I thought my felfvpry ill ufed, notonr ly by being denied tjie opportunity of coming fo afpeedy Trial for not delivering my Cornr rpiffipn.at the Command of the General, but al io by being prevented to take care of my pri vate Affairs without thefe Fetters ; yet I let jhim know, that I would attepd the Lieutenant General the next Morning concerning this rrigtter : Which having done according to my f tpmife,1ie prefled me to comply with his Re- gueft, with the general Argument of the Duty tb^tiay upon me to fubmit to the higher Powers^ I apfwered, that as I conceived it* Was yet in di£ r^p|e who^ivere thefe higher Po\yers,wnether the }'-: s Mm 4 Gbyern- C 5tf ) Government, of a Commonwealth, or thattpf a fingle Perfon ; that I knew not whether with in the time prefixed by him for me to engage not to ad, I might have ati opportunity fo to do^and therefore durft »not engage to the con trary. He demanded of me what I judged an Opportunity to juftifie me in fuch an Underta king? To which I replied, Sqch an appearance of good Men» as might probably balance the Power ofthe fingle Perfon : I took the Liber ty alfo to tell him, that he himfelf had already juftified that Principle by his own Pradipefin ading againft the King : But, faid he, we had the Authority of the Parliament for our Jufti- ficatibn. But what, faid I, have you to coun tenance yop in your Adions now for a fingle Perfon againft the Parliament, which I may* not have to juftifie me in ading- with another power againft this fingle Perfon ? and for any thing I know, the fame Parliamentary Autho? rity that commiffioned us all to ad againft the King, may within that time authorize me to ad againft the prefent fingle Perfon. Two or three Conferences and Meflages pa fled be tween us upon thisBufinefs, the refiiltpfall which was, that I promifed to render my felf a Priforter to Cromwel, who might farther difpole of me as God fhould permit -him : But, this (Offer not proving fatisfadory, the Couhcit fe conded their former Order, and required me hot to -go out of Ireland without their farther Piredicns. Finding my felf thus (grounded, 1 ' ' " '¦-'•• ; ana! . C «7 ) and well knowing thatt his Hardfhip was impb- fed upon me by Order from Whitehall, and that what the Lieutenant General had propofed, was out pf Afledion to my Perfon, T thought nay felf obliged to ufe my utmoft Endeavours to fecure him from f uttering for his Civility and Friendfhip to me: To that end I propofed that tho' I could not engage ^ofitively not to ad during fix Months , as Was defired , becaufe whatever Opportunity might be offered , I fhould then have my Hands tied duringthe faid timer; yet I would promife not to ad within that time againft the prefent Government, un- lefs I had firftfurrendred my felf to the General, or Lieut. General Fleetwood, and defired «f them to be freed from this Engagement. Lieutenant General Fleetwood confented to thisPropofition, ptofefHng his readinefs to comply with my Defires in what he could ; and accordingly this Agreement being drawn up to our mutual Satisfadion, together with his PermifEon for my Departure to England, was figned by him at the Phoenix, in the prefence of Mr. Corbet, then Chief Baron in that Nation. The next Day Col. Lawrence came to me, and after fome 'Difcourfe, told me, that by reafon of fome Op- pofition which the LieutenarttGeneral had met within my Affair, he had fent him to defire of me, that notwithstanding what had parted be tween us, I would refpite my Journey for a Fbrtnight or three Weeks longer, in which* lime he doubted not to clear my way for trie.'* ;; ;''••' I C?3?) J ardently fpipeded from what Corner Wind blew, but knew not how to help rhy fejj for the prefent. The next Morning W-Car* ietfent me a Meflagej to defire f hat I would meet him on thecRpad betwixt my Houfe and, Dublin; which haying tlorie according to his Appointment, he' acquainted me more particu larly with what had happened, telling me that Col. Cromwel , was fo enraged at the Form p| our Agreement , that he had written tp hid father- concerning it, infomuchthat iflfhopl| Venture to go, he doubted I might be pbftru<&* ed by, the way ,* which would not only be iri)uj3iiefome to me, but difhonpurable to the Lieutenant General. He aflvired me alfo tnif Lieut. Geperal Fleetwood would take fuch care to repseferit the matter in England, that all Obftacles to my Paflage might be removed in afhorttime, and defired of me that I wopJ4 not have the^worfe Opinion of him for not; performing at prefent what he had promifed.: In anfwer to Mr. Cor bet, t I let bim know, vthat I found my felf fo much difpofed to the; Contrary, that whereas once I thought the Lieu tenant 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 apfwer. It now began to be publick that Lieut. Gen. Fleetwood was fuddenly to depart for England?, tho* it was given out that his Buflnefs (here was only to advifeiri fome particular Affaifi ¦an a^ that he fhould fpeedily return tp Ireland. Ai'his Departure he was accompanied by Col. Cromwel and his Lady* the Council, theMay* or and Aldermen of Dublin, with moft of the confiderable Perfons then about the City. They brought him as far as my Houfe, whiph flood near the place of embarking, where after a fhort ilay he went on board, ! and departed for Eng land, leaving me with a permifHort to tranfport my felf into England, which Wastotake effed about a Month after, requiring all Perfons to permit me to pafs without. Interruption. He ^promifed me like wife th£t in the mean time he Would take care to remove all Difficulties that might hinder me, and that it fhould .be the firft Bufinefs he would do after his arrival 0 on. • * •- .'•'': . Some time after ,1 underftoodby a Letter from my Father Qldjworth, that Lieut. General Fleet- hoed had allured him that I would fuddenfy be jn Mnglatidj- and that he had left me a Paflport as fufficient to that jnirpofe as he could give* or I needed ; which being fpoken by him aftet he had been With his Father Cromwel, made me prefume he had cleared the way for me. Having received this Advice, I prepared for my Jour ney, and waiting on Mr. Corbet to take my leave of him, I fhpwed him the Lieut. General's Pafs$ apd |bat Glaufe in my Father Otdfwor'thh -.Lett, ter which related to it. He told me that Col. Crommk who was then in his Progpfs, had lent a Meflage to him that he fhould acquaint -;.- -..,.-' "*' , ¦• ;. me C 5-40 ) , me With a fecond Order lately brought from England, to require pofitively my Stay in Ire land; but withal added, that being unwilling to be employed ip fuch unwelcome Meffigei to his Friends, he had made his Excufo to the Colonel by Letter , which he prefomed was accepted by him , becaufe he had heard no thing of it fince that time, and therefore de clared, that he mentioned it' not to me as a Perfon commiflioned fo to do , but only as a Friend- 1 told him that I fhould take no notice of it, but proceed on my Voyage, as I had before defigned, having already hired a VefTel to that end. He then defired that I would ftay till the return of Colonel Cromwel} which would cer tainly be with'in two or three days , left it fhould be fufpe&ed that he had advifed1 with me about my Departure. I being unwilling to bring anv prejudice upon him, contented 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 felf ob liged to go home Without fpeaking to him, by reafon of a Humour fallen upon one of my Lfgs, which had been hurt by a Horfe ; fo that I Was conftrained to put my Wife to the trotfble of making my Excufe ; who ac quainting him with my Condition, and fhew- ing him the Lieutenant General's Pafs , with theClaufe in that Letter before mentioned, af- fured him that the Compofure and Settlement - of ( Mi ) . of my Eftate in Jfog/Wneceflfarily required my prefence there. He told her that he knewtfo- thing to hinder my paflage, and that a Man' of War was ready in the Harbour for our Tranf- portatiori ; and defiring her to dine, promifed that after Dinner they fhould go together to Cork-Houfe, to fpeak with Mr. Corbet her Huf- band's old Friend , as he favoured me to call, him, and that the work fhould be done. My Wife accordingly went with him full of Ex- pedatioH, that the Bufinefs fhe came about Would be effeded ; but after he had confulted with Mr. Corbet,, he told her; that though 1 had |thp Lieut. General's Pafs, yet beCaufe he had /ince received a Command for my ftay, he could not give Order for my Departure : That if fhe would go, fhe fhould have a Ship of War to tranfport her, which fhe excufed, unlefs I might have permiflion to go alfo. Then faid fhe, tho' you will not grant a Warrant for my Husband's going, I hope you will not order his ftay. No indeed, faid Col. Cromwel, I fhall not, tho' I think it would be much better for him to ftay ; tho' what. I fpeak is as a Friend, and not as one in Authority. Upon confideration .of thefe Particular ; xfl. That I had the Lieutenant General's Or der, who was then the Chief Officer'fo Ireland, together with Mx.Corbefs Advice for my go ing, who was one of the Council, in cafe 1 were not ordered to ftay, and alfo Col. Crom- wePs Prpmife, Who was Principal in Command upon ' - C *4Z ) ;¦• •;• X'; 4>on the place, tbit he would not detain fnej I refolved to go aboard. And having Written a Letter to. Col. Cromwel, to aflure him that the endofrpy%oing to England was to fettle my difcompofed Family and Eftate ,-'I ordered it not to, be delivered to him till the next Day a- bout Noon, and endeavoured to., get on board with my Wife and Servants on that Day ; ljut the Wind blowing hard , and the WeatherJ'be-j ing very bad, no Boat could be procured that' would adventure to Sea. At* laft I prevailed- not without difficulty with the IVJafter of one of the largeft Herring- Veflels that was in the Bay to carry me ;and my Family to' the Ship? which was to tranfport me, and lay about a* League and half from the Shear. We depart? ejd between two artd three in the Afternflfe and were accompanied fo the Ship by abbut two hundred People of the place, fo that it dould not be juftly faid, as it was afterwards,' that I ftole away privately, th£ Road by wlhich the VefleJ muft neceflarih/ pafs , ; being alfo within fight of "Dublin. Being arrived bn board the Man of War which lay ready for us , we weighed Anchor about elevep a Clock that Wi|ht, and recovered* the Harbour of Beauma ris by next Day at Noon, about which time my Letter tb Col. Cromv&el was according to my Order delivered to him by my Servant, The Weather was fo tempeftuous , that We durft not adventure to land till the fecond Day after our Arrival ,; when the Wind fornewhatf abating* ,c;*40 ....... Ibatirig/ we weht a-fhoar, where the Gover-, nour of Beaumaris met us, and furnifhed us With Horfes to carry us to the Town. We qb- feryed him to look a little melancholy, yet flit Vested not the reafon of it. But after Dinner tbfe Governour, aselvilly as he could acquainted' fhe, that one Captajrr^w, who was then in Town, had brought him an Order from Col. Henry Cromwel, and the reft of the Council in Ireland, to detain me there till the Pleafureof his Father fhould be known concerning me. t defired a fight 'of the Order, and found it to be direded to the Governour of Beaumaris, Che- fier, or any other Garrifon, or Commander of any of the Forces, &c. and figned by Henry Cromwel, ' Pepis, Matt.Thomlinfon7 and Miles Corbet. • Capt. Shaw excufed himfelf for being employed in this Meflige* and told me* that the Day after I left Irel'and,"he being juft then arrived frprn England, and very weary of his Journey , Went to bed , where he had not been above an Hour, before he was fent for by Col. Cromwel, and told, that being informed of my Departure for England, which was ex- prefly againft an Order received from his Fa ther, he had immediately fummoned a Coun cil,- where it had been agreed to fend af&r me, and to fecure me wberefoever I fhould be over taken, and that he had pitched upon him as a fit Perfon to he employed in this Bufinefs, and to attend his Father and the Lieutenant Gene ral with an adcount of it. He faidhe had en- ;-v ^>. deavoured C 144 ) deavoured to get himfelf excufed , but rieii^ his Wearfoefs by reafon of his great Journ|y, Por any other Arguments would prevail witn QoLCromfoeJ. ' I told him, that thofe who re folved to worfhip the Riling Sun, muft not re- fiife to rpn upon more ungrateful Errandf than this, even towards the beft of (their Friends, and therefore could not fuppofe^ that any Re- fped which heexprefled to haye for me fhould prevail to excufei him from this Employment: However, that I thought Lieutenant General Fleetwood, whom I knew to be the Perfon he hoped to advance himfelf by* would not take jit well that he lhould be inftrumental in 'off ing this Affront to his Authority ', he being Chief Governour o£ Ireland , and I on my Journey by, his Paffport and Permiflion, who I hoped underftood his own Power. The Lord Fit z- Williams, a civil Perfon, tho' a Papift,and one who had been Lieutenant General to Preflon whert he commanded an Army of Irifh Rebels, came over with us from Ireland, and being rea dy to take Horfe for London , was pleated.' to give me a Vifit before he went, wherein he not only expreffed himfelf very forry to fee me un der Reftraint, butaflured me of his readinefs to ufe his utmoft Endeavours wiilh his Highnefs the Lord Protedor, as he, thought fit to call him, in my behalf. I gave him my Thanks for his Civility, but thought it a ftrange Revo lution of Affairs, that the Intereft of a Gentle- man who had been Lieutenant General in the Army , cwy Army bf the Irifh Rebels, fhould be Jp muefi greater than mine in the General of the Army of the Commonwealth* Capt.^u> being r&a-< dy to depart for London, arid defiring to know if he could do any Service for me there, Igavys him a Letter for Lieutenant Gerieral Fleetwood^ which was to let him know what had hapned fince his Departure, wherein t thought hhn to be much more concerned than my felf; arid that being his Priloner, and coming upon his PermilTibn, the Affront was wholly done to him, tho' trie fullering part fell to my fhare.' Inthe Evening I was cortveyed to a Widow's Hpuie in the Town, 'Where I had the Convex niertcy of a Chamber arid Dining-Room, with a Sentinel , placed at fhe Stairs-hea^. With great Impatience, I expeded the Return of the Poft frorn London, { hoping that the Matter would be fo prefented by Lieutenant Gene ral Fleetwood and Capt. Shaw, that I might have my Liberty. But the Ufurper, Whofe Jealpu- fies increafed withhis Guilt, being inforrped of my Landing, difpatched an Order to the Go- vernour of Be siuniar is, to this effed, that where as Lieutenant General LudloW spas ftoln out of Ireland, he fhould take cate to keep him in ft r iii and fafe Cuffody, and not to permit, any lo fpeak with him. <¦ Upon the Receipt bf this 0cdert the Governour, > refolving, to make, his Fortune by any means, propofed to imprifon me iri tljq Caftle, the Air of which place is fo unheal-' thy, that the Soldiers dare not lodge there * N n \l ", mi and it is obferved, that few Prifoners w&o have been confined there have ever recovered from theDiftempers which they cbpira$e$r I told him, that being in his Power, I could riot refift ; but the Warrant requiring no fuch thing, pa*time might come wherein he might be called to account for what he now did. Whereupon he tnbught fit to let me remain afrny Lpdg- ihgs,but permitted no Man to come to me fave my own Servants, and of thofe not above two. One caufe of this Severity toward me, as I dorijedufe, was, that I might not havean Op portunity of fpeaking with the Officers of the Irifh Brigade, left Illiquid have put them in mind of their Duty, who havipg ferved Crom- wel's turn in aflifting to fup*prefs the late At tempts againft him,were now returning fpr /re- land, ana^iy at Beaumaris in' expedation of a Wind. Neither did their Cruelty extend only* to me, but Col. Cromwel having notice that' CoL A't0ftone, who Married my Sifter, hajd aflifted me in my going away, and had not given advice to him of it, committed him to Prifon where he was ufed with equal Severity ashiy felf, tho' healledged in his juftifida;tfop that he knew not that I was guilty of ^jft Crime, nor that I was forbidden to depart from Ireland; anc* tho' he did not know of any Ne ceflity I had of a Pafs for my going, yet he well knew that I- had one from Lieutenant General Fleetwood, the Chief, Officer of he? land, and that he only accompanied me to CM7) to the Water- fide, as a hundred mote fe&d done. To prevent any falfe Reprefehtatiori of the State of my Bufinefs, I gave an account of it ro, niy Friends in Ireland, as well as to thofe in England. Some of my Letters were inter cepted, and in one of them was found anEx- preffiop to this effed •. Tho* I know not of any , Crime thereof I am guilty, yet lam wdrfe ufed by thofe with whom I have engaged, than by thofe againft whom 1 fought ;for wheh 1 was made Pri* foner by the latter, no Perfon "was denied the Li berty of coming to me, and I was permitted in publick to give my Reafon* in juftificdtion of the Proceedings of the Parliament; but the prefent Powers befyigi as it feems more confcio&of their' own Guilt jeMl not permit me either to fee or fpeak with any of my Friends. Aftef I had been fix^ Weeks a Prilbner, G%pt.Shaw 'returned to Beau maris with ari Order for my Difcharge', on con dition that iwouldfigri an Engagement which; he btought ready drawn ,to oblige my felf never to ad againft the prefent Government. He told me.that Lieutenant General 'Fleetwood fufped- i rig my oowillingnefs to fign any fuch Paper, had defired Col. John Jones to accompany hint to me, and either to perfwade me to fubfcribe if, br to aecorrimedaite the Bufinefs as well as he could. Accordingly Col. Jones came to me' with Col. Sadler, > Who commanded the Iriffh Brigade before-mentiorttdf. and who had been long- in the Town, tho' he durft not dorqe to -.f* N P * m£ Cf4») me' before. this time. Upon the perufal of this Engag^mep^ Which was propofed as the cpp- * ditiopi.p^ my1 Difcharge, I fopn came to a Re- , fofotfori, that I would notfignit, if my Life as Well as my Liberty had lain,at flake ; acquaint ing them tyith the Reafons of my Refufal, and, with the Engagement given to Lieutenant Ge neral. Fleetwood, by which I flood obliged to render my felf a Prifoner either to Cromwel or ,. himfelf]- which I was ready to perform* Col. Sadler laid, That it was highly reafqnable.and as much as could, be expeded ftom me ; and ad- ded? that he was confident the Difference be tween Cromwel and me was grounded upon Miftakes, he having heard him exprp.fs great Affedion tp me, with Proteftatlons that he wifbedme as well as any Man in the three Na tions. I thought it not convenient to take much pains to undeceive him, but was rather willing he.^hould belifvef that he fpdke in ear ned, tno' indeed he loved no Perfon living any farther than he ferved to pornote his Ambiti- tion; for how could it be expeded that one who had facrificed his Conference and r Honour, as well as thc,C,aufe; of his Country, to theldplPf his Pride, fhoujd fcruple to trample underfoot any Man that flood in his f;ay ? One of the Company endeavoured to perfwade me to fign the Paper as it wasdrawn, referving. to my felf thofe Explanations which 1 had before, pro- pofedC M eh"e rpjook uppn my felf as free frppl any Obligation, beifig under, a Force., fo which C 549 ) which I anfwered, That I thought it below a Man to be compelled to any Ad againft his Gonfcience, with an intention to violate the fame; and that toreferve any Explanations to my felf, as it had been againft my Pradice, fo Was it contrary to my Principles, unlefs theGo- vernour would confent to accept my Subfcrip- tion tothe Engagement with fuch an Explana tion as I was willing to make. Thus defpairihg to obtain the Liberty of purfuing my Journey at that time, I prepared to fend my Wife to fettle myAfFairs as well as fherould ; and ihe Company being gone to Dinner, I wrote Let ters to my Friends and Relations; when on a fudden Co). Jones and Col. Sadler came up to tell me that the Govcrnour was willing to dif- ¦dharge me if I would, fign the Engagement with fuch an Explanation as I had propofed. . Here upon I defired the Governour ndt to do' any thing out of refped to me, that might not con- Tift with the Duty of his Place, or prove to be to his Prejudice, my Explanation being in my Opinion an abfolute Repeal of the Engagement as foon as I had'rendred my felf- He replied, he had considered of it, and was willing to ac cept of it, ifl would fign it. Whereupon the Company defired me* to draw my own Expla nation, which I did to this effed, viz. I look upon this Engagement now tendred to me for my Subjcription by the Governour of Beaumaris,' by Order from, ckc. to be no longer of any force than till I have rendred my felf a Pr if oner at - Whin- N n 3 hall. C £59 ) feJJ, W in that Sen fe I only fubfcribje it. Havitlg drawp t and figped two Copies of this' Explan§* tion, and procured them to be attefted by Co- Ippel John Jones, Colonel Sadler, ano1 Capt^ip Shpw*, T delivered one of them to the Gover* nfj|r,,apd kept the other my felf, anrl then ttep*; the Engagement. Capt. Shaw informed roe -that Lieutenant General Fleetwood had beerji much concerned for my Reftraint? and had ex^ preffed himfelf highly difpleafed with him, for* undertaking that Imployment; that he had jifq$ all y poffible Diligence for , my Liberty, in which He had met with great Oppofition; in particular, that Major General Lambert had endeavoured to perfwade him that 1 Was of fuch Pyipciples, and fuch a Spirit, as not to de: jferye my Liberty, , tho' f cannot remember tha| , our Familiarity had ever beep fo great as to enaV |>le him to give a Charader of the. Having, thus cleared my way,! departed from BeakmarU, and palling over Penman-Maur. I ar rived 'at Conway the, firft Night. From thence in two, days I reached Wrexham, where after, we, had been treated two or three days by Cot J(ff$s>,, my Coach which I had lent before from^ Iceland, being brought to us^ we fet forward on our' journey for London; but the ways being extremely bad, by reafon of a Frpft whid|) yet was not able to bpar the Coach, it was near three a Clock before1 we came to WJbitchurcb, tho' it was riot above twelve Miles., But being defirous to reach London if po*3ibletha£ Wee% feat? • c ** o * fcatingif Cromwel fhould hear of my being on the Road, he would fend to flop me, we Ra velled till pine a Clock that Night, and the next after till twelve. The next day we came to Coventry about four in the Afternoon, where Col. Wttalley commanded as Bafhaw, or Major General. After fome refrefhment we conti nued our Journey, and by the help of the Moon-light arid the Snow that lay on the Ground, we reached Dunchurch a little after tWelVe; there we refted till about three, and then fet forward toward Tocefter, where vie arrived by fix that Night, and between brie* and two the next Morning We began our Jour ney for London: Butat Stpny-ffratford theCoaBi breaking, my WhV and I, with two orthree Servants, took Horfe, and about fix of the Clock in the evening of the i ot h of December, one of the fhorteft days of the Year, we came to Weftminfter, having travelled fifty Miles that day. The fame Night I waited on Lieu tenant General Fleetwood, to acknowledge his Care of me, and to acquaint hirn with the Con dition on which I had my Liberty to comeur^, and with the explanation upon which only I had fipied the Engagement propofed tb me, and defired of hrm that the Whole Matter of Fad*might be plainly ftated to his Father-in- law, and that I might be now accounted free from that Engagement, according to the Ex- prariatiori. He told me, he was glad tb fee me there," and would tike care to acquaint his "J ¦- "( r^'n 4 ' High- C 5.f * ); '• |hnef$, as be called him, with what 'had X, and tp reprefent it as much as might be tp my advan^gp. ^Thenext Wedpefoay after, niy, arrival about eight in' the Evcpirig, Cromr pjje] fent a Gentleman, one, Mr. Fenwick, to let me know that he would fpeak with «ne.( I {i|^4'him'in his Bed- Chamber at WbitefaMfj arid, with him Major General Lambert, Col. Sydenham, Mr. Walter Strickland* Col. Movta-, gue, and foon after came in Lieutenant Generaf 'Fleetwood. The firft Salute I received from him was to tell me, that t bad not dealt fairly, with hitri in making him to believe I had figp?, ed an Engagement not to ad againft him, arid ye%referving an Explanation whereby I made void that Engagement; which i( it hadvpot been made known tohim,he might have reliep. ppop my Promife, and fo have been engsgep* in Bipod before, he was aware. I told him, I knew not why, he fhould look upon me to be fo confiderable; neither could I apprehend how, it had been pofljble for me to deal more fairly and openly with him than I had done: Fori had told his povernour at Beaumaris, that if my Life as well asmy Liberty had been at flake, I could not fign the; Engagement Amply, and therefore had, refolved to copjtinue there, hag npt the Governour himfelf exprefled a Defire to accept of my Subfcription with that Explanati on. And becaufe I accounted it to be in effed a Repeal of the Engagement, I had told him fo and dejirecj birn tp o"o nothing opt of re- fpe$ C wi ) fped to me jthat confifted not with his Duty; notwithftanding which, the GoverrtoUr told me, he was free to accept my Subfcription, fo that I knew not but hemight havereceived Iq-, ftrudionsfo to do. No, faid Cromwel, he had none from me. That was more, faid I, than I knew ; and if y6*u«had not notice as well of the one as the other, it was not my fault, for I had acquainted you with, neither ; and thofe who informed you of the one, 1 prefumed had made you acquainted withthe other alfo. He then objeded tome, that I wasftolert from Ire land without leave : To which I made anfwer, That tho* I knew no caufe why I fhould either be detained in Ireland, or obliged to ask leave to depart, yet to avoid all pretence of Excepti on againft me, I had taken care to procure even that too, as far as it was poflible, having a Paflport for England from Lieutenant General Fleetwood, the Chief Officer of Ireland, with the Advice of Mr. Corbet, one of his Council, for roy coming, and his Son Harrys Promife not to obftfud me in my Journey. He next asked me, wherefore I would not engage not to ad againft the prefent Government, telling me, that if Nero Were in Power, it would be my Duty to fubmit. To which I replied, that I was ready to fubmit, and could truly fay, that I knew not of any Defign againft him. But faid I, if Providence open a way, and give an Opportunity of appearing in behalf of the Peo ple, I cannot cpnfenttotie my own Hands be* "* . fore < 5^4 ) fore-hand, and oblige riiy felf not to lay hold on it. However, faid he, it is not reafonable to fuffer one that Idiflruft to come withiri my H;oufe, till he aflirre me. he will do me ndMif- cittef : I told him, I was not abcuftomed to go to any Houfe,.unlefs I expeded to be welcom ; neither had I come hither bdlupona Meiage from h»m, and that I defired nothing but a lit tle liberty to breathe* in the Air, to which I conceived I had an equal Right with other Men. He then fell to inveigh bilterly agaiitf M&prWfild'man, as the Author of thePetiflw from the Army before-mentioned, revllirt^hfllf » with urihandfom Language, and faying, Mde- ' fervedto be* hanged; and that he muft fecure me alfo, tiff would not oblige my felf never to a£t againft him. I told him I had gone" as far as I could in that, Engagement which? ¦! had given to Lieutenant General Fleetwood; arid if that were not thought'fpfficient, I refolved with Qpd's Affiftance- to fuffer any Extremities that might be injpofed upon me. Yes, faid he, we know your Refolution well enough, and we have caufe to be as ftout as you ; .but I pray who ipoke of your Suffering ? Sir, laid I, if I am not deceived, you mentioned the feduringjfoy: Perfon. Yea* faidhe, and great Reafori there' iswhy wetould dofoj fori am afhamedtd fee that Engagement which you have given to the Lieutenant General,^ which would be mpte fit for a General who fhould be taken PrifbnerV and that hath $et an Army of tfcf y tl&rjfyf Meff l$.eq in the Field, than ;for one in your conditi on. I anfwered, that it was as much as I could cojnjehtto giye, and what Lieutenant General //w/wW thought iit to accept. Then begin ning to carry bjmfelf more calmly, hefiaid that he had been always ready to dp me what gopd Offices he could,* apd that he wifhed me as well as he didifn^ one of his Council, defirlng. me to rtiakevcppi!ce of fome Place to-be in, wherd I njight have good Air. laflkedhira, that ray Diflati$fan, or fenfe of his Services, refufed to bite at the Bait, tho" it was gilded as much 'as might bei by advancing a confiderable Surrii afldfatisfyingthe Arrears of thofe that went: out of the forfeited Lands in fuch plates as they ihbuld chufe. Upon his refofal; Major 0for accepted the implbyment with the Title of Co** lonel ; but on condition. that after he had con* dulled ?the Men tb Jamaica, he fhould have\ lftelty to return, which he did after many Difficulties and Hazards of his Perfori. Capt/ Chefter, a ftout Man, and one who at a Gene ral Council of Officers had openly exprfflU h% Difdbntent againft5 the Ufurpation, wasitlfp pervaded to engage in his Service, arid loll: his Life in the Expedition. «l Cromwel perceiving he could not compafshi's Defigns again Spain by his own Power, entred" into an Alliance with the French, who by the Treaty with him, obliged themfelves not tb permit the Son's ,of the late Ring-to remainiri; ( H9 ) any part of Frames which Article wa* punctu ally reformed, For fuch is the Myftery,pr 13* ther ^payery of thofe Governments than are frarpeoto fupport an Arbitrary Power, that they wilLnot fdruple to facrifice the beft Friends and nearfh Relations , when they ftand in the way 'of their Defigns. This Confederacy was dearly purchafed on our part; for by.it the Balance of the twp Crowns' of Spain and France, was deftroyed, and a Foundation laid for the future Greajtnefs of the French, to the unfpeak- able Prejudice of all Europe in general, and of this Nation in particular, whofe Intereft it had been to that time accounted to maintain that Equality as near as might be. Jn the mean time the Major Generals carried thipgs witb unheard of Irifofence in their feve- ral Precinds, Decimating to extremity whom they pleated, and interrupting the Proceedings. at Law upon Petitions of thofe whopretepd- ed themfelves aggrieved; threatning fuch as would not. yield a ready fubmjflion to their Orders,with Tranfportatiqn to Jamaica or fome other Plantations in the Weft-Indies ; and fuf- fering none to efcape their Perfecutiqn, but thiqfe that would betray their own Party, by difpovering the? Perfons that bad aded with therii or, for fkem, And here I cannof omit to mention a Farmer in Barkfhire, who being de manded to pay his Tenth, defired to know of the Commiflioners, in cafe he did fo, what Se curity he fhould have for the other nine parts and ( f6o 1 and anfwer being made that he fhould have CromweH Order and theirs for the Enjo^rpj^t of the reft ;• he replied, that he had already an Ad of Parliament for the whole,which he could not but think to be as good SeCuria|as they; could give. Bur, (aid he, if Goodman fueha one, "and another whom he named of his Neigh bours, will give me their Bond for it, I know what to fay to fuch a Propofal ; for, .if they break their Agreement, I know whereto right my felf ; but thefe Sword-men are too ftrbng for me. ' A Squadron of our Ships cruizing off the Coaft of Spain, met withand fought 5 Ships re turning thither from the Weft-Indies, which hid on board a Spanifh MarqUifs, who with his Fa mily and great Wealth acquired in his Governv ,ment there, was coming back to Spain, The Spaniards defended themfelves as well as they could ; but theMarquifs thinking it impollible to efcape, fet fire to the Ship wherein he wasf and with moft of his Family was burnt in her. Of the other four one vvas funk in the Fight, another made her efcape, and two were taken, on board of one ot which was the Son of the faid Marquifs. It wasreported that-irt the two ShipS takeri, there was'found about three Mil lions in Bullion, which wasbrougnt in triumph by Carts from Portfmouth to London, in order to be coined at the Tower. The Siege of Dunkirk being undertaken by the French, their Confederate Cromwel fent.' a Body C tfi ) jfody qf Men in number about fix thpufsrpd$ for the moft part Foot, to their , Afliftance, The, Cavalier Party under the Duke of Pork joined themfelves to the Spaniards, who en> deayoured with an Arpiy to relieve the Place ; and Jjfavingfont a Party to poffefs, themfelves of a, Sand-Hill, fo galled the Englifh, from thence^ that they refolved, if poffible, to remove therri from that Poft. The Ground was fo deep gtnd lqofe , . that they could not, without extreme difficulty march up the Hill ; yet at laft they effected it, and having put the Spaniards tb flight, purfued them to their main Body : But having engaged themfelves too far, and being over.pqwered by great ; numbers of ; Horfe aim Foot, fthe French leaving the whole., ftrfcfs of the Eight .upon them), they were in danger of being entirely cut off; which being perceived by Major General Drummond a Scots'. Officer,' who feryed with the Englifh as a Volunteer/ he rode Up to the French Horfe, aridy by ret p'roaching. them with .Treachery add Neglfc genee, procured a Party pf Horfe to be fent tb their Succour. Wppri the arrival of thte,fe£-; ' fonable Relief, the Englifh took frefh Courage,- repewcd their Attack, and killed a great num ber pf the -Enemy J many of thofe that, were killed on the Enemies' fide' were Englifh artd Irifh , that fought under the Duke of Pork. And as it was confefled by all prefent, that the Englifh who took part with the French, beha- t©.d themfelves With more Bravery than any in Oo ¦ j: tlie the Field that day ; fo it was obferved that thofe of the Cavalier Party, who had joined with the Spaniards, behaved themfelves worft. Soon alter this Battel the Town of Dunkirk was furrebdred to the French, and delivered into the hands of the Englifh, as it had bogn a- greed between Cromwel and Cardinal Maza rine. It being thought fit to fortifie divers Places Of Importance in Scotland, Cromwel appointed a confiderable Sum of Money to be expend ed on the-Wiforks of Ay re, Dundee, Leiibt ShJohnS'iown,Sterling,&t.and had fo balancetf the feveral Interefts in his Councils there, that iW Monk generally favoured the more loofe Had vitibps Party amongft the Scots, yet there were not wanting fome who fupported an honefter fort of Men, that were riot willing to pertnit their King to return without^Con- ditions. The Lord Broghil had been of great ufe t'P moderate thefe two Parties} but being muchanlided with the Gout, and the Ait of Scotland riot agreeing with his difternperliiBo- dyV he defired Cromwel to- grant him leave to return to Ireland according to his Promife. the Year of his Refidence in Scotlandbeing now ex pired. Cromwel not willing to comply with his Defires in this particular, difpatched In- ftniditShs to his Son Henry in Ireland by &\\ means to procure aPetition from the discon tented Party, againft the Lord Broghih returri thither. To this end Sir Hardrefs Walter fuf- peding peding that the Prefence of this Lord, rnjghft tclipfe his Greatpefs, became an tearneft Sofisal tor to Adjutant; General Aliens and C^rt$i$ mafter General Fernon, to jpin in a Petition tb that effed. "] But they perceiving the Defign; notbnly refufed fo to do, 'but plainly tdd him that they were ready to join in>a Petition for his coming, • it- being impoffibre to be ,wlorfo with them than inow it was. j This Bifcpprffe being repotted to Col. Henry Cromwel with Art Infinuation, that it was to betlfiifpeidsd^tbaii there was fome Deflgncaft)yai%orihy tbe&py^' Broghil and the diflatisffed'PaF^rtb/^^i^fhff. fent an account toFit tarhisiFfl3ii[efv andndeftfgrf that he would not by anyiiarcans^crmithirt*^ return thither. r < i r. * •:rfi it Lo^jrm Divers Cprifpiracies that: JftdDbfetert ffofjfeai againft the Government of- $©T0furpgf ibejwig' a heady defeated, and the- Autiwars! Mthem #1 the moft part punched?} vhewwwi sijith to permit ¦^^^y^eiiembM»ri Mr.Carew, whom be hadfeht tb remote1 finemenfs, to be priforiers at their own Habi tations ; and accordingly -he ordered ? Major Strange tagotoifarisbroOkCa^le, andto/briPg the Major General from thence to his ^oafe.at Highgate.: -where when I was tMrquaint-ed-iWirft - his arrival, Iyueni to make, him a. Vifit, ani haying tbld;bim; that I Was very? defirous to W inforraid by. Mmof the Heafops that '.m&y£$} itim to join with CrammL'm the Interruption/ $f ^he Gvif Mthdrity ; |,he anfweted that h£*f0 , ,0 ' • O P 2, ""': .done 0*4 > done it?; becaufo he was fully perfwaded they had rtotahearttodo any more good for the Lord and) his People, Then, faid I, are you not now convinced of your Error, in entertaining fuch Thoughts, efpecially fince it has been feen what ufe has been map'e of the ufurped PoWer > Tb which he replied, Upon* their Heads be the Guilt, who have made a wrong ufe of it ; for: ray own part, rriy Heart was upright and fin- cere in the thing. , I anfwered, that I conceived it not- to be fufficient in matters of fo great Im portance to Mankind^ to have only good In* tentions and Defigns, unlefs there be alfo pro- batSelmeansofattaining thofe Ends by the Me thods we entpr. upon; and the' it fhould be granted that the Parliament was notindlinedrb makefo full a Reformation of things amifs as flpght be defired^ yet I could not doubt that they would have done as mudh good for us, as the Nation was! fitted' to receive; and there- fore%hat extraordinary ; Means ought not to have been ufed,- till it had been clearly evident that the ordinary had failed, efpecially fince it could not but be man ifeft to every Man, who obferved the, (late of our Affairs, that upon the fuppreiTion of the Civil Authority, the Powet Would immediately devolve upon that Pfe?fori who. had: the greateft Intereft in the Air my. His fecond Reafon for joining with Cromwel wzs,;beca°afe he pretended to dWn and :fkvbura fort of Men, who dded upon higher Principles than thofe of Civil Liberty. y I re- $>lied, that I thought him miftaken in that; alfo. flnceit had not appeared that he ever approved of any Perfons or things farther than he might make them fubfervient to his own ambitious EJfet flgns; reminding him that the generality of the People that had engaged with us having aded up on no higher Principles than thofe of Civil Liber ty, and that they might be governed bytheir own Confent, it could not be juft to treat them in another manuer upon any pretences what- foever. The Major General then cited a Paf lage of the Prophet Daniel, where 'tis faid, That the Saints jha# take the Kingdom and poffefs it. To which he added another to the fame effed, That the Kingdom /hall not be left to a- nother People. I anfwered, that the fame Pro phet fays in another Place, That the Kingdom fhall be given to the People of the Saints of the moft High. And that I conceived , if they fhould prdfume tb take it before it was given, they would at the beft be guilty of doing evil, that good might come from it : For tb deprive thofe of their Right in the Government, who had ' contended for it equally with our felves, were to do as we would not that others fhould do to us.: That fuch Proceedings are not only unjuft, but; alfo impradicable, at leaft for the prefent; becaufe we cannot perceive that the Saints are clothed with fuch a Spirit, as thofe are required to be to whom the King dom is prpmifed ; and therefore we mayeafijy be deceived in judging who are fit for Governr . i Oo 3 - ¦, ment, raerttj for many Have taken upon them the Form of Sairitfhip, that they might be admit ted to it, who yet have not aded futably tb their Pretenfions in the fight of God or Men.* for* proof of which we need go no further than tb": thofe very Perfons who had drawn him to aflift them in their Defign of exalting them felves, under the fpeeious Pretence of advap- ping the Kingdom of Chrifh He confefled himr felf not able to anfwer the Arguments I had ufed ; yet faid, he was not convinced that the Texts of Scripture quoted by him were not tq be interpreted in the Senfe &© had.taken thelM' and therefore defired a farther Conference witf meat another time, when each of us might be accompanied with fome Friends to, aflift us in the clearing of this Matter. I eonfented to" his propofal, and fo we parted J but from that time forward we had not an opportunity tp p!ifcourfe farther upon this Subjed. About the fame time"Mr- Peiers, who ftill kept fair with thofe at Whitehall, made me a Vifi't; and in our Coriverfation about the Pub lick Affairs I freely told him my Opinion con cerning the Adionsbf Cr^^wel,^endeavouf^ to make him fertfible not only of his Injuftice, but great Imprudence , thus to facrifice the Common CauTetp his 4mbition, and by every ftep he had lately taken to ftrengthen the hands,, of the Cbmmon ' Enemy, whereby he would Undoubtedly open i way for the Return of the Family of the late King, Who Would not faff .', * '"•- " '" '" - to C 5*7 ) to do all that Revenge could infpire them with; Whereas if he had made jufe of his Power to eftablifh the juft Liberties of the Nation^ or could yet be perfwaded fo to do, he might live more honoured and efteemed, have the Plea=» fure and Satisfaction' arifing frorp fo generous an Adion, when he died, and leave his own Family, together with the * whole Body of the People, in a moft happy and "flourifhing Condi tion. He confefled that what I had faid was moft true, but added, that there was not a Man about him who had Courage enough to tell him fo : That for his part he had obferved him immediately after the Vidory at Worcefte r to be.fo elevated, that he then began to fear what was fince^dome to pafs ; and that he told a Friend with/whom he then quartered invhis re turn to London, that he was inclined to believe Cromwel l would endeavour to make himfelf King. TheUfurper having governed as he thought long enough by virtue of the Inftrument of Government, which tho' drawn up by himfel/ and his Creatures, was now thought to lay too great a Reftraint upon his ambitious Spirit; apd refolvjng to reft fatisfied with 'nothing lefs than the Succeflion of his Family totheCrown, he attempted to make himfelf King. To this end he thought it neceflary to call a Parliament ; and that *e* might engagetbe Arpiy to aflift him in all Parts to procure fuch Mento be chqfen as would be fit for his purpofe, he pretended Oo 4 that fj^at this Aflembly was called only in order tq raife Money for the Paiment of the Army and Fleet,' to confirm the Authority of the Major Genewls, and that t)f the Inftrument of Go vernment By this means he obtained his De- fires in a great meafure, efpecially in Scotland and Ireland, where all kinds of Artifice, and in many7 places the moft irregular Cqurfes, were( taken tq get fuch Men returned as were pro pofed by the Court. But knowing the' People of England not to be of fo mercenary, a Spirit '^ and that as they were better inftruded in the Principles of Civil Liberty, fo they were not Wanting in Courage to aflertit, he ufed his ut- moft Endeavours to' difable and incapacitate fuch Men from being chofen, wtiqrn he thought.' moft lively toi obflrud his Defigns. In order to this he fummoned the Lord Prefident,i?/W- fhaw, Sir Henry Fane, Col Rich, and my felf, to appear before him in Council : Which we all did except Sir Henry Fane, who told the Mef-> fenger he fhoufd be at his Houfe at Charing- Crofs on a certain day. Cromwel,o.s foph as he faw the Lord Prefident, required him to take put a new Commiflion for his Office of Chief juftice of Chefler, which he refufed, alledging that he held that Plape by a Grant from the Parliament of England to continue quamdiu fe bene geflerit.' And whether he had, carried him felf with that Integrity which his Commiffiom exaded from, him, he was ready to fubmit to a Trial by twelve Englifh lylen', to be choferl? even C 569 ) even by Cromwel himfelf. Col- Rich being prefled to give Security not toad againft the Government, and refufing fo to do, was fent Prifoner to Windfor-CafWe. Then I drew near tp the Council-Table, where Cromwel charged rhe with difperfing treafonable Books in Ireland, arid with endeavouring to render the Officers of the Army difaffeded, by difcourfing to them. concerning new Models of Government'. I ac knowledged that I had caufed fome Papers tq be difperfed in Ireland, but denied that they; juftly could be called Treafonable. And tho' J knew not that it was a Crime to debate pf the feveral Forms of Government, yet that I had not done any thing of that nature lately to the beft of rny remembrance. He then faid, that he was not ignorant of the many Plots that were on foot to difturb the prefent Power, and that he thought it his Duty to fecufe fuch as he fufpeded. To this I replied, tffet therd werp two Duties required by God of the Magiftrate^ i. e. that he be a Terror to thofe that do evil, and a Praife to fuch as do well ; and whether my Adions were good or bad, I was ready tq fubrnit to a legal Trial : That I was ignorant of any pther Way to fecure the Magiftrate from b?ing afraid of the People, or the People from the Dread of the Magiftrate, urtlefs both will do that which is juft and good. You do wellj faid he, to refled on our Fears ; yet I would have you kpow, that what I do, proceeds not from any Motive of Fear, but from a' timely Pru- C S?o > Prudence tp forefee and prevent Danger : That, had I done as I fhould, I ought to have fecured you immediately upon your coming into Eng land, or at leaft when you defired to be freed from the Engagement you had given after your-arrival ; and therefore I now require you to give afliirance not to ad againft the Govern ment. I defired to be excufed in that Particu lar, reminding him of the Reafons I had forr rperly given him for my Refufal, adding, that I was in his Power, and, that he might ufe me as he thought fit. Pray then, faid he, what is it that you would have ? May not every Man be as good as he will ? What can you defire more, than ybu have ? It were eafie, faid I. tq tell what we would have. What is that, J pray, faid he? That which we fought for, laid I, that the-Nation might be governed by its own Content. I am,, faid he, as much for a Governmeept by Confent as any Man. ; but where fhall we find that Confent ? Amongft the Prelatical, Presbyterian, Independent, Ana- baptift, or Leveling Parties? I anfwerecj, a- mongft tlpfe of all forts who had ade4 with Fidelity and* Affedion to the Publick., Thep he fell into the Commendation of, his own Go-' vernment, boaftingpf the Prptedion and Quiet which the People enjoyed under it, faying that he was refolved to keep the. Nation from being. imbrued in Blopd. I laid, that I was of Opinn on too mudh Blood had been already fhed, un- Jefs there were a better account of it.* You do wetf, C *7« ) well, faidhe, to charge us with th> Guilt of Blood; but we think there is a good Return for what hath been fhed ; and we underftand what clandeftine Correfpondences are carrying on at this time between the Spaniardand thofe of your Party, who make ufe of . your Name, and affirm that you will own them and aiTift them. I know not, faid I, what you mean by my Party, and can truly fay, that.if any Men haye entred into an Engagement with Spain, they have had no Advice front me -fo to do,and thalif they will ufe my Name I cannot help it. Then in a fofter way he told me, that he de fired not to put any more Hardfhipson me than on himfelf; that he had been always ready to do me all the good Offices that lay in his Pow er, and that he aimed at nothing by this Pro ceeding but the Publick Quiet and Security. Truly* Sir, faid I, I know not" why you fhould be an Enemy to me who have been faithful to ybu in all your Difficulties. I underftand not, faid he, what you mean by my Difficulties. I am furethey were not fo properly mine as thofe of the Publick ; for in refped to my outward Condition I have not much improved it, as thefe Gentlemen, pointing to his Council, well know. To which they feemed to aflent, by rifing from their Chairs; and therefore I thought not/rTt toinfift farther on that Point, pontertting my felf to fay, that it was from that Duty which I owed to the Publick, where- < pf be exprefldd fuch a peculiar Regard, that L .'."." "-.'¦>''• , dl,rn; C 57* ) ' * 4urftnot give the ^Security he defired, becaU& I conceived it to be againft the Liberty of j the People,' and contrary to the known Law of England. For proof of this I produced an. Ad of Parliament for reftraining the Council- Table from imprifoning any of the free*botn People of England; and in cafe they fhould do fo, requiring the Juftices of the Upper Beneh| upon the' Application of the aggrieved Party, to grapt his Habeas Corpus, and to give him confiderable Damages. To this Ad I fuppo- fed he gave his free Vote, affuring him, that for my own part I durft not do any thing that fhould tend to the violation of it. But, faid he* did not the Army and Council of State commit Perfons to Prifon ? I anfwered, : that the Council of State did fo, but it was by vir tue of an Authority granted to them by the Parliament ; and if the Army had fometimes aded in that manner, it had been in time.of War, and then only in order to bring the Per; fons fecured.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 ?Lartd.* A Juftice of Peace, faidhe, may com mit, and fhall not I ? He is, laid I, a legal Officer, and authorized by the Law to do fo, which you* could not be, tho' you were King ; becaufe if you do wrong therein, no Remedy can be had againft you. Therefore ifl haye offended againft the Law, I defire to be referred tq a Juftice of the Peace, that, I may be pro ceeded (57! j deeded with according, to Law ; but ifl havd dpn6 nothing to deferve a Reftraint, that fheni I riiay have my Liberty. Whereupon being commanded to withdraw into a Room next to the Council-Chamber, I heard Major Gerieral Lambert to advife that imightbe peremptorily required to give the Security demanded: But CromWel faid, that the Air of Ireland was good, that I had a Hpufe there, and therefore he thought it beft to fend me thither. Immediate ly 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. Strick land, one of the Council, came to me, and prefied me earneftly to comply: But I told him, that having contended for the Liberty of others, I was not willing to gfre away my own, and to be made a Precedent to the preju dice bf my Country-men , becaufe it was the pleafure of thofe that had the Sword to have it fo. Why, faid he, was it not the Sword by Which you kept Warder-CafWt, and by which you aded during the whole cotirfe of the late War? I had, faid I, the Authority of the Par liament to juftifie me in fo doing. He anfwer ed, But they governed by the Sword. To which I replied, that indeed they made ufe bf the Sword to remove the Qbftruttions that were in the way of the Civil Government, and ex- ercifed that Power" to vindicate and eftablifh the Law pf the Land $ and that I was heartily r - ,.¦ forty C 574 ) forry to fee one who had been fo forward in the Ca^eof the Publick, not to difcern any Diffe rence between a Sword in the hands of a Par liament to reftore the People to their-ancient Rights, and a Sword m the hands of a Tyrant to rob and defpoil them thereof. Here our Difcourfe was interrupted by a Meflenger who joame from the Council with an Order from them, to require me to give the Security of five thoufand Pounds within three days after the Date of the Order, not to do any thing prejui- dicial to the (prefent Government ; and in cafe of failure, to be taken into Cuftody. Upo$ the receipt of it I told the Meflqnger, that having no Power* to refift, I muft fubmit to their Pleafore. A day or two , after the expir ration 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, figned by Henry Lawrence Preffrienr, requiring and authorizi^' him to take me into Cuftody. Having mew me the Order, he defired me to make choice of a Chamber ; but after fome Difcourfe with my near Relations, who were then prefent, he was contented to let me remain at my Lodgings. So having promifedto return in a day or two, and m the mean time to advife; with Lieutenant Ge neral Fleetwood, he went away. The next diy Cnomwel diverting himfelf with Hunting at Hampton-Court,asktd my Brother Thomas Lud- iaw,! who was in the Company, if he were not? angry ( 575 3 angry with him for committing me ? And my Brother anfwering, that it was not fit for him to judge concerning his Adions : He thereup on aflured him, that he wifbed me as well, as arty of his own Children: That hisdefiring me to give Security for my own Carriage tx> the Government, was ddfigned 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 moft readily confented. The, Morning fol lowing, my Brother" came to me, and having acquainted me with what had pafled 'between Cromwel and hirrffelf, ( gave him thanks for his kind Offer; but withal told him, that I would by no means defire that of him which I was not willing to do my felf. Befides, I told him, that fhould 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 Ufiirper in another way. How ever, after this Difcourfe of Cromwel to my Bro ther, and the Conference of my Relations with Serjeant Dendy, I ventured to accompany my Father and Mother Oldfworth, with my Wife, into Eftex, where wfe fpent the remaining part of that Summer. My ftay there did in fome meafure alnfwer the Defign of Cromwel, which was tq keep me out of my own Country, where he doubted I might obftrud the Eied*. on of fudh Perfons as the Court had refolved byallMethods to procure to -be returned. But there was no need to fear my intermedling m that C 576" ) that particular, at fuch a time.; andjf I had^c mould have been Only to give a publick Tefti^ mony againft any Ete&ion at all, the Long.Ifaj^ liament peiqg ftill in being, tho undera prefenl Force. Befides, it was manife/i that the de;; figned Aflembly was to be called for rip other end than to ftrengthenthe Sword, and to ad: vance the cojrrUpt Intereft of him that called Ithem together ; and if it fhould happen that they had either the CbPrage or> Honefty to a%- tempt any thing for the Service of the PublickY I wasafliire^ their Endeavours would berendrej$ fruitlefs by a fudden Diffipation. Sir Henry Fane, according to. his Prom ife, be ing Come to his Houfe near Charing-crofs, the Council fent a Meflenger, thither to require him to attend them, which he did, and was theue charged by Cromwel with Difaffedion- to jiha Government? which he had demonftrated by a late Writing publifhed by him, with a feditiouir Intention. The Paper was called, A Healing Queflion \ propofed and ' refolved, and contained the State of our Controverfie with the King, the prefent Deviation from that Caufe for whichv we engaged, and the means to unite all Parties in attaining the accomplifhrrient of it. It was written upon an Invitation given in a Declara^ tion publifhed by Cromwel for a^General Faft. wherein it was defired that the People would; apply themfelves tothe Lord to difcover that Jfcban which, had folongobftruded the Settle* ment of thefe diftraded Nations* When M wai1 C$770" was finifhed, he fhewed; it tb Lieutenant ^Gene ral Fleetwood* whb feeming to apprbVeit, de fired to tike it with him, and promifedto com- m\inkat&tttd£romwel,u\>onthe firft Opportu nity that fhould be offered. Sir Henry did not difbwn either« his Diflatisfadibn witlinthe pre fent State bf Affairs, or the Publication of the Difcourfe ¦befbreimentionedi -Sot-hat C'rifmwel thought fit to' require him, by a day limited, to give Security not to ad againft hirri/ Which time being expired, he appeared agairi before the Council, and delivered into Cromwel's own hand apbthe^Paper, containing the Reafons of his difapproving the prefent Usurpation, and a friendly Advice to him to return' to 'his Duty,' with fome 'jnftification of his own Condud With relation to the Publick. But*nof!witn-* ftanding-all! this, and divers Reafons alfedged by him tocxcufe himfelf from giving the de manded Security, he was fent Prifoner to Ca- risbrook*Caf!i\e in the Ifle of Wight. The Pre- fident '-Bradfhdw , notwithftaflding' what had pafled , -refolved to go his Circuit as Chief Juftice ofCpefter,un\eisht mould be prevented by Forde. But it was thought more advifable to permit him to execute his Office, than by putting a flop tpbis Circuit, to makea Breach with thofe ofthe Long Robe, whofe Afliftance W*s fo rieceflary to the carrying on of Crom- w^/'s, Defign/ Yet that neither he, nor, if poffible, "any other Perfons who had continued faithful to the Commonwealth., might be P p ' chofen C(5«f%> choferi iMBinbersof ^jt^ro^h^^flfeirjbly. Letters; were difpa^ck^dr to a\\ Parts>pf>fe/4»#f to gwe^ptjcetbatit would be rejeni?4 if fieti : Perf#if f®ere#eded ; one of WpichiWtS; pHfcn Jiekly reap1 at the Election for Cheftepfr to defefr, Men frpni appealing for the .Prefident. In; Wili(kire,a. more numerous Party appearing for me than; was exfed-e^ they were aflljtioVby,; fpmp Creatures of Cronttoel that I wasaPrifqr ner in the Tower, and by one who, had former ly feryed' under me, that I had declared to him that I .Would not be chpfen. Yet for all this; the t People perfjfting in their Refql|Utjj$n to eled me,- ifihe Deputy Major-General of the County demanded of them, whether $h$* in.4 tended to have a new War,- that they de^gped to mafeechpkeof mes? By fuchArtstbeEmifla? ries o/jche Court cap|gd! the EledjfopR ipmoft5 PJace§ to bedepifJe^jp favour of foch as pleafedA them^ FqrjKiy owp pa*t, tho' I, bad refolv^ not to ftand,for Reafons, which I mentioned be?* fore, and on that account jlaad notdiredlyor indirediy fpokep -or written to any Rerfpn to i appear fotjme. ; yet I muft acknowledge I was, not dii&tjsfied tfaatt fo confiderable a Numperof my Count^men W,ere not afraid topwjni and, accept that Service (how fmall foeygri) thafj had dope, in theCqrjamjbn Caufe* T^Coujfc, finding by ; the Lifts they *had received^ tbty rfotwithflapding all their .Menaces, Proipifefi aridothe^AhifidesI divers Perfons were chofen w hom- they knew to be no Favourers oft the < ff9 ) 4#Npfy«Kj refplved to clear itjieif hands pf jtfiWHti Wf> ^°d to that.epd, under pqlpH'r pf f Qapff irt tjta ^oftruraen^of Governme^ tliatnfnelppulp be admitted to Places of Pow^ Ipapii'ru^ft, bpt; fuch. as were Men' of Since^ 'jfgy aril Integrity, they gave anJ&clufiori to Sir Armtr Hafterig and Mr. Scott, with a$ many more as they thought fit. By this means* and the refofol of others/to take out their Per^ miflionsto fit from CromAef and his Council^ was required , left they fhould feem to counte nance fuch- a deteftable Impofition and open? -Breach pf Privilege, it came to pafs that a- fepwt a hundred of thofe who were eleded by the Country, were excluded from the Difcharge of their Truft, whilft thofe for Ireland and Scotland, r who were phofen by and for the Swordk Were admitted without any fcraple- Thofe that were excluded prefertted a Petition* to the fitting Members, acquainting them, that being chpfeq by the Country to feeve with them, they were ready to- difcharge their bit ty, but* were prevented from dqipg the fame by the Powtft of the Sword, and refufed^Ad- mittanee into the Houfe by a Guard of Soldi ers- Afer the Petitippljajd been read, aConv raiifetee was fent to inquire of Cromwel arid hii Council concerning the ReafoPs of that Pro ceeding , -who returned with this Anfwer i* That if the Perfons complaining"would addrefs' themfelves to theraj they fhould be riSyejf jf there' was C&ufc. With this Anfwer *& c ¦ '#0 Sp, which wias upufual for hirti to dp*t all, witf tbld the Houfe, that he could but ftart the Garne, and miiffc leave tfiofe who had more ixfeiericetotqilowthedMcd ij arid therefore fliould only fa5r* that he had formerly thought itnecefrary in tfefped totheCdrtdittOfi irt which the Nation had %n, that the Maj6fGenefW$ fhould be entrUfted With the Authority which they had exercifed ; but in the prefent States of Affairs he conceived it inconfifterrt With1 the taws of England, and Liberties of the People tq continue their Power any foriger. Thii' Mo tion was a clear biredion td the ^SydbphalitS bf the Coprt , who being fully pdrffaU||gtyt Cleypole had delivered' the Senft, if hot the Very Words- of Crqmwel in this Matter; joined; ai ppe Man in oppofipg the [Major GerierMs, arid fo their Authority Was abrbfeed-/ '^ Soon after Col. William Jephftn, One bf the Members that ferved for Ireland, moved iii: the Houfe, that Cromwel might be made King ; but jfytatters not being thrdughly cbncerted, it hid nq,$ther effed than tb found the Inclinations of the1|flembly. Cromwel having notice bf this potion, as he had of every thingthat pafled, reproved the Cblqnel gentlf at Table for it, telling him, that he wpfidrfed what he could mean by fuch a propofition. To whith the other anfwered, that whilft he was permitrid the Honour of fitting in that Houfe, he muft jdefire the Liberty to difchargd bis Cbnfciende, ^ho' his Opinion fhould happen to dil^feafe. Where- Whereupon Cromwe /clapping him on the Shpul- deir faia, 'Get thee gone for a mad Pillow as thou art. i Btitit foon appeared* jptb what Madnefs hd was poflefled ; for he immediately obtained afoot Company for his Son, then a Scholar at Qxfdrd, and a Troop of Horfe for himfelf: and not ffift% after was fent Agent to theCrown ofMtoedeni Ivith a confiderable Allowance ap- pblftted to defray the Expences of his JouRney tfeithdr. * • ::.U ,• ;.." v';, * Many Objections being made in the Houfe fljjairift the Inftrument of Government, -Crom-% wel, whb was vehemently defirous to be a iln^ began to think it altogether infignificant to that purpofe, and that it would be mote conducing tohis DeflgPif a new Form' were drawn Up, arid ptefertted to the Aflembly for their Appro bation. Accordingly it was prepared by ;ihis Creatures, dnd -brought into the Houfe by Mr. Pack an Alddrman of London, where it Was Withorjt much difficulty read* and appeared to be a Shoe fitted to the Foot of a Monarch, tho' at prefent a Blank was left for the Title of the Idhgle Perfon, who with Two Houfes was to have the Supreme Legiflative Power. (* Thofe who were of itee Major Generalsand 5oldiers Party finding that cromwel was aban doning them to efpoufc another Iptereft, ftruck in with thofe Whb ftill retained fomeAffedion to fhe Common wealth ; and all together per ceiving that thefe new Meafures had been ad- vifed by the Graft of our old Enemy, to make Pp 4 ;'¦ ' ,- ufe ufeof CromweSs Ambition as the.only $wM$ft means to reduce Use® our fotmeri^ryltude, fejl fo. furiopfly upon Pack for bis great Prefumptir, op in bringing a Bufinefs of that' Mature intQ; trgHbufe,- in fudh; an.Unparliameptary^wa^ that they bore him down from the Speaker's CJiair to the Bar of the Houfe of f^mmpips But this heat being foon over, the,LorpV Brogf hit, Serje&nt Glynn, and others^ whot wereacT quanted with Crpmwel's Defign, endeayourepj tbiperiwadethe Hbufe to debatethe new Form, telling them^ that being Makers of their ow§, Hetolutions, theff plight retain; as much pf i^ as was good, and rejed what was, not fo. B^ this means they -brought it to be. debated y and thu'they received fbjnepi^Qfitiqprt^erein^lei,; when it came to be put to me Q^eftiopjjpiey carried all before them, and grew, fojiardy to move that the Blank, left for the, Infertign^of the Title of theChief Magiftrate might be fifle^ u&with the Name of KING. ¦ Tlis. Motion, tho' earneftly oppofed by Lieutenant General Fleetwood, . was carried alfo, „ and the Name voted,, together with the filling up the two Bl4nkist left for the Two Houfes , with, the., words,1; Houfe of Commons, and , Other Honfe^ The latter of thefe was refolyed tq eppflft of feventy Perfons to be nominated by Cromwety and to be approved by the Aflembly then fit-. ting. But Cromwel being acquainted with that; Resolution, and difliking/ it, as unreafonable that Gentlcmens Names fhould be canvaflecjr **"," J \. and C?«5 ) and. it may be fheir Perfons refleded on In a publiek Aflembly, he obtained it to be left to him to appoint whom he fhould think fit 'to compofe thatOther Houfe. He told them< alfo, that the Provifion made for his Expence,! and for maintaining the Army artdf Fleet, was not fufficient, and thereby procured a great rSwn of Monjey to be added to that which at firft they defigned* Yet for all this he fcrupled to take upon hinj the Title of King, as a thing foandd* fous and of great hazard ; tho' at the fame time he vilified thfe former Inftrument of Govern ment tq^the.jlafti degree ; and after having fo highly Signified it when it was eftablifhed, he compared) it now to a rotten Plank, on which if a ;Man fet his Foot, it will break and leavtehini.; The Aflembly well understanding that? the t#ufeofhis Delays was either to be impor tuned to theithing, or to-get time to perfwadfe |he Army to be of the fame Opinion with£hM4 |§|f,appointed a Committeeof their own Mem bers to give him their Reafons for accept ing this 'litle. Amongfti others the LordBrog- hff much. prefTed that Parage brougbr by the Apoftleinthg Difpute concerning the Abolition of the Jewifh Worfhip by the new and giving Way revealed in Jefus Chrift, illuftrated by the Wife tpat; wasifiut away^ who might yetbe re taken by her former Husband, if fhe was not raafrried to another; applying this Similitude tp the prefent pccafion, as if there was no othir way tq keep out Charles Stuart, but by fillirig his ( *&*) bis Place with another King; - Mr. Le»thMl\ Argument was N«y #arlkmenrfl!tioq nal, iiad it been arigfttly iapplkd ; for he preffedi faith to accept ofit, becapfeit was propofed to him by the Parliament, as he was pleated cocall it, whom he fatd he ought not: to ^den^ Hut hd was now arrived to that b#ghtJ of Vanityy Jffrat tjio* the Defign of this Augttntdnt Was i bfily M perfwade him to accept JtH«twlbite^ he1 defiretl abbv# all things in#^World \ yet ld^Bt»ewifl« ii below his Grandeur to ackuowletfgfe fudhi Pretogitive, in the Parliament^ alohlvvhe efc- prepS his Diflike of it. And tho' he owned that^hd fteafons- they had dfiei^ditfftd'lfffl^f weight- in them? and that he was cotttifldeir there was no'evil iri the thing, yet he'cbnld not think it expedient to accept rhd# again. In the imantime, heePdeavbured'hyali pofS&ll meansito prevail withthe Officers of the Artify to ar^owp iwsiDeflg^irid knowing that LietH tenant Gfeneral Fleetwood and Col Desitfrvkyjh were particularly a verffe to itj helrMteeVhiriP felf to dine perfonaliy~W«b the : Colonel, and earriedthe Lieutenant General with him, Wherd he began to drolfwich them about Monarchy] andh%eakingflightly % and* permit them to enjoy their Rattle'. But he r#Bdive#from them, as> €ol.J0*iftrMg& fined told me, fodh an ArifWer as was not at all fina ble to his ExpedaribrtS Or Defires. For they aiared hffii, that there1 was mdrein this Mat ter than hdperceived ; that thofe whbf ut rr'm Upon It wfetd nP Enemies to Charles Stuart $ and ffljfttF hfAfccdpted of it, ¦he' would infallibly draw ftuinti % orf himfelf rand Friends1. Having thus founddd their Irtciihatibns, that he Alight dbrtcladdjlri'themanrte^hehad begun, he told ttem they frdre a Couple of fcrupnlbus Fel* tows, ahd fo departed. The riext Day he fent a*Mefl§ge t© the Houfe, to require their At tained* in ' the ^Painted Chamber the next Mbrriing, atfigPirtg. as all Merr believed, thefe to declare ibis Acceptation of the Crown:"' But in thd meantime meeting With CblDesUrtiugh in the great Walk of the Park, and aCqualnt- iW|hint with his Refblution, the Colonel made jfefwer, that he theh gave the Caufe and. chm- (i^/sFamily alfo for loft; adding, that tho' he was rdfclvea never to ad agaitfft him, yk1 he WouM not ad for him after that time'. So after fome Pther Difcourfe upon the fame^ubjed, Deihrongh went home, and there found Coli ffideiW^kim Cromwel had Knighted with a Faggot-ftfek ; and having imparted to him the Defign &f Cromwel to accept the Crown, Pride anfwered, he fhall not: Why, faid the Colonel, how wilt thou hinder it? To which Pride re plied, Get tod a Petition drawn, and I will pre- < > * . vent ( *8S ) vent it Wbereujpqn .they- both went to Dr. Qwen-, and having acquainted him with what had happened, they perfv^aded him to draw a •Peu$^jaccprding tpj their Defires.. Whilft tbisjwasdoing, Cromwel having refleiifeed on his Difcourfe with GoL Desboriough, and>beiijg in? formed t hat. Lambert divers other Officers werediflattsfie4 with his Defign, fehtja Me& fage to put off the Meeting in the; Pointed Chanjbeft and to defire irvmcjtf; 9fAai\>iHng%:itk order to deftroy Mm, and weaken the Handi of thofe uthoweAe faithful to the Publtikitheylk&re* fore humbly defired that they would dij countenance all fuch Perfons and Endeavours, and continue ftedfaft to the Old Caufe, for the Prefervatiomof which they for their parts were moft ready to lay down their lives.This Petition was fubfcribedby two Colonels; feven Lieutenant Colonels, eight Majors, and fixteen Captains, who with fuell1 Officers iii the Houfe as were of the fame Opi+ niort, made up the Majority of thofe relating to that part of the Army which was then quar tered about the Town. It's difficult to deleft mine whether1 the Houfe or Cromwel, was more furprized at this unexpeded Addrefs ; but loctf ' tainly both were infinitely difturbed at it. As foon as the notice of it was brought to Cirom? wel, he fent for Lieutenant General Fleetwood and told hktt, that he wondred he would ^' fer fuch a Petition to proceed fo far, which •$$ might have hindredr fince he knew it to be his Refolution not to accept the Crown* without the Confent of the Army ; and therefore defi red him to haften to the Houfe,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 lefs to fee anfwered atithis time, the Contents of it being to defire them not to prefsthe Protedor to be King, whereas the pre fent Bufinefs was to receive his Anfwer to What ( 59 \ > bad,been^rnefljffpflRred'to bim^nd tliereferft mmfimm Pj&teitf »t w&t be pujoft ^it^^ha4;rjgej|^l>bis Anfwer. To tbi^th© H$ufq b^yipg^ip(nted,;tliey received avMe£ fagefrp^ Q-|(^ift^;tba;tipftea4 of meeting him in. tfbe Painte4 Chamber, which was the place ytjwrp he -u£d to gpfphis Copfept, they would naeet him irt the;8anquetting-Houfe: So tlie ^ejnberSiCanTejt^HF^f^^ and Cronwei with, great OftepjWioi^qf hisSel^depkl refufed the Title qf King^ r; - w TheGr4^4 Pefigp of the Ufarper having mifparried j,/ the People were full of Expeda- tjtqri to fed tyhat Fprrp of Government the l^lep, of the Sword, would ered next. Fort ; as. GtFP^wefhaf^ u^aValt imag^pable Art andln- cjnftry tp thr;pw f)WK °n all that had precede^, apd moiftpf a»ir on |he Inftrument, of Govern ment, whjcb he. was once fo fond of, and; yet now Pledged that, it neither provided for the Safety of the Governqurs or Governed : Sq the jpi^fent A/Uemblyhad openly declared a- gainft, the Family of the Stuarts. But the Refu tation of the Commonwealth being the thing that was principally dreaded by thefe felf-in- terefted Men, hr;Wf&s fo contrived aodj carried, that the Hpufe lhall prefent their humble Pe tition and Advice to him again,, with thefole Alteration bf the. , Wor4#'«g iato tnat of<'fftr*r tetlor. This Refpjution was the more eafily obtaiped , becaufo^hp Commonwealth's Men had been, under variQUsfrivojpus Pretences,de- hied ttied their Places in the Aflembly j fo that tfopfe1' only, whp wer^for a Protedor with an Armyy or thofe who Were for King Olivet With an Army , were vthe Perfons that were permitted todijjpute withiri thofe Walls/ And flow Croat- wel having martifefted his Weakhefs, as Well as his Ambition irt the late Intrigue, was glad to take what he could get,and without any difpute agreed to'what was propofed tp 'him by the Aflembly *. Which being done, the time was appointed for veiling him with the Authority wfoi&h was to be conferred Upon him, and Wefl- minftd r-Ha\lwas the place where the Solemni ty Was performed. The Aldermen of London and the Judges, rather moved by Fear thaii Affediort, were prevailed to be prefent ; and Sir Thomas Widdrington, who was Speaker of the Aflembly, was ordered to adminifteir an' Oath to him; and to prefent him with a Sword; a Scepter, and a Bible. The pretended Pro tedor 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 pf Warwick was the only perfon that accompanied him ; and becaufe he would ftill retain a Form of Godlinefs, he ap pointed Mi.Loekyer to preach before him at his return to Whitehall. The next Day after this Solemnity, a Feaft was prepared for, the Aflern> blyarid Officers of the Arrny, at which it was obfervep' Major General Lambert* was not pre fent , whereby- it was fufpeded that he was de- declining in1 favour foi* obftruding ty&jfafy Defign of being King: For as I have been inF formed by a Perfon defervirig Credit, the Mar jor General did take the Liberty, when tbaj:" Queftion was on foot, to tell Cromwel, that if he accepted the Crowni he could not afford the Army to him; ; ^ \ By the Humble Petition and Advice y for fo was this new Inftrument called, among. P? ther things it was provided, that* rt . Qath fhould be taken by thofe of the Afiemblyjan^ Council, not to do any thing againft the /prefent Governmerit, and to be true and faithful to the Protedbr* according to the Law*of the Land> This Oath Major General Lambert refufed', whereupbPCr(vhich two or three days after was done; and/fo his Pay as Colo nel bf a Regiment of Horfe, as Colonel of a Re giment of Foot, rkerMdtbod*nad proved unfuccefsfuT, private ly Iflbbutaged fome. of the Army to take pqf- foflion of certain Fofeft Walks belonging, to Sir Henry Fane near the Caftle of Raby', and alfo gave Order to the Attorney Generai,on pre- renee of a Flaw in his Title to a great par|,of his Eftate, to prefent a Bill againft him in the M^heqper: This was defigned to oblige him todsipbfe his Title, whMh if they could get done, they doubted not, byr the CraTt of the Lawyers, to find fome defed in it, wrterebvit was hoped he would be forced into a Compli ance; yet at the fame time he was privately informed that hefhOuld be freed, from this, qi any other Inqpifition, and that be fhould have whatfoever elfe he would defire, m cafe he would comply with the prefent Authority, v>:: J The Aflembly having provided Suppfid^for the Army, and referre| other things to^fie Condud Cbndtiift. of ^^;p%d5burned l*ge thefrf by felllrig'tfie'fr C6nfe'ieP§eV forjld puxtfhafe bf hisf; Fiy^UR tvWit'h v^thlfl s^ytoo9$, tyir. BftmwcL- Thomas, ¦ Sir Gilbert GiPraW, qsnd other*;1 MeferitaffoaSeffirnoris, iri^tlf J fb¥rn of therAricidrit Wr^'direded by thelKftgSttf England^ fueli as they ^lled^fe^^1 lrf^^''(f^f-vAriihur- - Haflerig, "whd hMal- way's appekrfed *a pSfols Afler'tof ; of' thte'ftii- lick;'|i|$er^/ Sir 'Atthuf- Ifcvidg* recciVM the Sum^nrpps frprn the Meflefger, w|ib-brP©gIA it to^fffiprito die Country/ difrnlrfed 'Um, witfeut dtcraring his Refolutions ^cdrrtferPfril itfMt.Wiiliam- Lenfhal, wliphad 'Seelf Spdai- erpftheParlamenf; WaS very rtiuchci0tfrbrd that a 'Wri| wasnot fent to him to dn&bfebirp icb 'ftfjfi the Pther Houfe. He cqmplai!ried,that he wro had been fqV forpe Years the firft Man of fhfc-;Natton, was now dented to bea MerP- ber'^feither Houfe of Parliament ; forlfe Was un^plfe of frttkig^hf^he'l^nffiof'GMtfPrK - -i t . -G^-q-i' ¦ a <*;>¦/• by £ & > fey his Place as Mailer of the Rolls, whereby he was ©bKged toflt as AJfiftant ;in the Other HopfeT Shis grievous %$glaint coming* to the fei*s of Cromwel he fen| him a Writ, which fcryelevated the poor Man, that [riding in his Coach through the Strand, and feeingMr. Lam- lett OsJa£@qn, formerly Mafter of the School at Wefiminfter, whom he knew to be ajgreat Lo- y&.Qf&trArtlwrftHajle.rig, \ beaked him what Sir Jfcthur pjefigned to dpjrt anfwer tp the Writ 4*hft&ffae.jtaf»fcfented to thpfe who fate in rjhe pl»?e ' vihefd the Parliament of Mnglan^fugfii to be. chmwel was. not a little, ftattlfltl it ; thfcfe Pro- ctdd,ings, fufpedingtha* paut';d| theCArniy, ef^ePiafly thofe that were quartered about St. James's, Were epgage|j therein'; • ih.ewlqre'tq r^r4^mt that which he 'feared, and which his GpnMpience told him he had deferv'd,he took the Infpkdion" of the Watch atWhirthalUor ft ve- rai^PJiwhts fucceifively In his, own Perfon. And the Alarm fromiiabroad inert afing daily, he refolved upon the Diflolution of this Aflem bly, intending as^fbon as they were difraiifled, anduhd* Power devolved upon^him again, to c^fib that Spirit of Liberty that had, lately ap peared, and to remove, fuch Officfers»(rpm their Commands in the Army,, whom he fufp^tt^f to have had any hand in their late . CQualek Wibilft he was deliberating about the- beft me^ns of -effeding this Defign, frefh Ipforrna- tiqn was brought him concerning the Dili^eicl of his Adverfaries in all Parts; which quiokeA him to that degree* that he would not ftayHor one of his own Coaches*? but-takjng;theJil that was at hand, with fuch Guards as ^V could prefently get together,- he hurried to tn&Oth'ei Houfe. Whither being come, hejrnparted his Intentions to diflolvc that AflfcmliJyTto Lieut. *"%>; .*¦; * . „ Gene- C 599 ) General Fleetwood ; who earneaftly enddapur- . ing todiflwade him from it, he clapped his Hand uppnllis Breaft, andfwqrd by the Living God be would do it. Then he .fent for the Judges, and they being come, difpatched a- nother Meflfage to the Aflembly to attend bim prdfently. ( Many of them declined tacopie, and thofe that appeared were very ill treated by him for obftruding that Work, which he faid was fo well begun, ift order to the Set|le- ment of the Nation. On the other hand," he ' allured thofe whom he had called to his Other Houfe, that notwithflandipg all the Pradices that had been ufed againft thdrrr, they fhould continue to be Lords, and fo dtfehifled both the Aflemblies to follow their own private Af fairs* . yCrgmwel having thus refumed the Power into his own Hands, .made ufe of it to remove from the Army fuch as he fufpeded to have qbftrud- ed his Defign ; and beginning with his owp Regiment of Horfe, he fent for Col. Packer, who was the Major, and Qapt. Gladman, who - commanded his own Tro^p, with the reft of the Captains of that Regiment to attend him : y¥hither being come, he demanded of them if they were willing to promife Fidelity to the prefent Government, and to fight |rgginft thofe that fhould oppofe it. They anfwered they; were ready to*figbt againft Charles Stuart, aid that Jntetfdft ; but th#y could not engage Qj\ 4; againft ( ^00 ) againft they knew not" whom, and f6r they' krtevv riot' what. But he provoked With thistAnfWer, difmifled them froiU their Com mands, artd* 'placed Men that would obey without re^rve in their room. % this and other "means he loft the AfFedlons of great numbers of Men,'' that would have -been ufeful and faithfuf to him againft the Fami ly of the lateKihg. And it being' well known tha| he Could not fubfift at* all withou't at leaft a Mock-Parliament; Mr. Henry Nevil, a hear- ty^Affertor of the Commonwealth Ihterelr,' ha ving been much injured by the SherifFof&ir/f- fhire'm the laft Return for that County, con> mpnced a Suit againft the faid Sheriff* in order toldeter othdrs from* the like foul Pradifcds for the future: But not being willing fo far to ac knowledge the prefent Authority, as to prefer his Adion Upon the Inftrumentof Government, he was advifed by Serjeant Maynard, Mr*. Al- leri of GVafs-Inn, and fome others, tb bring his Adion of the Cafe againft • the Sheriff On the day of 'Tryal M/. Nevil defired Sir Arthur Haflerig, Srr'James Harrington, Mr. Scot, my felf, and fome other Members of the Long Parliament, to be prefent in the Court ; where after all ' the Objections made by the Sheriff's Gounfel againft the Delaration \t felf, and a- gaiiift fhe Damages pretended by him for not being returned, were overruled by the Court, they proceeded to hear the Witftefles oh both fides; ' ( 601 j fides; which being done, the Chief Juftice St. Johnsdechred to' the Jury bow heinous a Crime it was for a Sheriff^ ' who. being but a Servant to the Country, fhould prefuriie to impofe uport theni fucti Members as he pleafed to ferve in Parliament, which was the Bul wark of the Peoples Liberties'; adding farther, that if- filch Pfadices fhould be allowed, the People would be out of hope to be relieved from their Grievances. Then the Jury retired, and having confidered the Depofitions of the yfittefles, and alfo what was faid to them by thesChief Juftice, they returned into "Court, and %und the < Sheriff guilty of the Charge,' and adjudged him to pay i jo© /. for Damages to MfcN&vil, end one hundred Pounds to the Commonwealth. This Verdid was Very grateful to thofe who wifhed well to the Pub lick, Pot only on the account of Mr. Nevil, who had entted into this Conteft to vindicate his Country from 'OppfelffiqP ; but becaufe it was hoped it would prove a medns to deter other Sheriffs from doing the like for the future. But ¦' now the Chief 'Jufticd having, as he thought, fuffieierttly pleafed the popular Inte reft by What he had faid concerning the Rights of the People, began to contrive mean's to gra tify his Mafter Cromwel, by whofe Order the SherifFhad aded ; and to this end upon the motion of the Sheriff's Counfel, granted an Ar- reft of Judgment, and appointed a day in the next Term to bear what could be faid on each 1 '¦¦ fide. f 6©* ) a flde. In the mean time the Sheriff,' and thofe who ha4' promifed to fupport; him, applied* themfelves tq Cromwel to interpofef his Auiho* rity in this IVlatter, charging Mr. Nevil with. rpajrtl falfe and malicious Afperfifps, whilft, the) Sheriff improvirig the Opportunity, con* veyed away his real and pdrfonal Efta|e : En deavours were likewife ufed to take- off Mr. Nevil, by corppaunding the Bufinefs ; but he preferring the Advantage of the Commpn* wealth before his private Intereft, refufed to hearken to £ny Overtures, till the Judgment was Recorded for an Example to Pofterityiand thendedared himfelf refolved to deal with the Sheriff as became him. ,-. ; The ftate of Affairs in Ireland^ias little difle- rent frorn that of England, and the Army the|e as much difaffeded to Cromwel's Defign of being King, "as thofe of that Profeflion at home ; fo tbatCol. Henry Cromwel who had beforecourt- edrhe.t, Montague was fent to Sea with Blake to, gain Experience iq thofe AflaiVs, and to endeavour to get an In-* tereft in the Seamen, that the Credit of Blake ¦ might be the better balanced, or his Perfon totall^laid afide: But it pleafed ..God that this, Work was in a fliort time done to their Hands,. General Blake falling fick a little after of a Dif- temper, whereby he died. TheLofs of this great Man was lamented by Cromwel much in the fame manner as that of the Lord Deputy Ire%my and that alfo of, General Deane bad bedn% Cromwel having been difappqinted, as I for merly mentioned, in his Endeavours of procu-? rigg a C,iviiAu*hority to countenance his Ar bitrary Power,, fnade it his Bufinefs fo to balance all Interefts, that they fhould not dare to oppofe him, for fear of bringing tbemfel yes foto a worfe dpndttion than that wherein they were. To this end he. gratified fuch of thja: PresbyterianParty as were the moft complying* apd courted divers of the Nobility, particularly^ the Earl of Warwick, whofe Grandfon was ad mitted (6>4) *¦ y mitted tq be a Suitor to his yopngeftDaughter. Bpt becaufe' that this Alliance was not at alt grateful to forne Perfons about him, he cofli trived to|$ppear averfe to the Match; and then by the 'Management of Sir Edward Sydewtiaty if, was brought about that the young Couple were married without the know ledge%.of their Parents : for Which Contrivance Sitj$wdward was for a time forbidden the Court. Notwithstanding thefe and many other Ar tifices ufed by him tofopporthis Ufurparlon, Continual Defigns were fet on foot again* him.f Sonie ftiftli-Mpnarchy-men, to the numrier of about three hundred, expedin^ extraordinary Afliftance from Heaven, had formed a DeiSgff to dethrone him; /but thefe he flighted on ac count bf the Smallnefs of their Number; and having fome Spies amongft them, who gave him Intelligendeof , all their Meafures, he Tuf- fered them to go on till the Night before tttat wherein they had appointed to Rende?foi|. At which time he fent a Guard of Soldiei$j$$io feized the Principal of them as they werecbn- fultirig abqut the manner of putting their; Ep- terprize in execution. Their Dedaratiariswere alfo taken with them,and their Standard which had in it'aL.ion Couchant with thefe wprds, Who fhall roufe him up > Thefe Men being for the moft part Tradefmen, were carried Prifo ners to the Gate-houfe, where they lay long in a miferable Condition. Soon after this fomd Perfons that ufed to meet in ^olemdnftreeif^. deplore ( -6pi ) depfore tfte Apoftacy of the Tirngs, and pa^i^ culariy that of Whitehall, were feized hf the t-ord Mayor's Officers, pUrfuant to Cromwel% Orders, as they were corning out from theif Meeting-place, ^mbngft thefe- was a Comet whofe Name wa&%ay, and who being charged With Xaying that Cromvel was a Rogue and a Traitor,, confefled the Words; arid to juftify himfelf faid,that Cromwel had affirmed in the pre fence pf himfe%and divers Other Officers, that, ifjhe did pppref$,the Confcientious, or betray fjie Liberties of the People, or not take away Tithes by a certain tjrae, now paft, they fhould then have Liberty to fay hewas a Rogue anda Traitor : He moved therefore that he might be permitted to produce ,his Witnefles*, who were then prefent, tp the particulars' before- mcntfoned. But the Matter was. fo ordered, that he and forpe others werpl fined arid impri- foned for their pretended Mifdemeanours. Anor ther Plot much more dangerous was about the fame time carried on by the Rpyalifts^ and dtf- covered sto him by his Spies. The Perfons con cerned in it he ufed with more Severity, be cause he accounted them to be of a more formi dable party, and( therefore referred them to Be tried by thofe^Pfrfons whom bis laf|, AiTembly had nominated to be a High Court of Juftice. The Prifoners were Dr. He wet, Sit Henry Sling f- ty, and' Mr fMordaunt, jpyi'th fome others of the meaner fort. The general Charge againft them was for endeavouring to levy War againft the Go- ¦1^486 D ^overrtmeniipn the pebalf of Charles Stuitn The pa^icilir Charge^ againft Dr.' $&w& wit •for dif|er^n| ebmmifliorts fib± the Sdri dftbi la#|0ffj§, and'perfwadm^diyers to raife Forces Jipirfue of the fame. ITKft againft m-He&y Wlugsby was for attenlpting td deBkut?hJ fbinle of theGarlffori of Hulffo the Service of Cham. Stuart, ahddeliydringaCbmmilfion frdnthlm to them: ' Kile Prifoners of lefs NctP were Charged with "& Defign bf fififi| theCit? m fe- vera! Placed 'irt the time appointed f# theft Party tobe in Arms. Dr. Bfen>et being bVelight before the Court, moved that benight bd tried' by a J[ury, Arid delrHttrred 'fti thd Jurifdldid|f^f tleCourt*- But the Cpprt over-ruled h&'De- fpurrer, arid tbld him,>fthat ifnlefs he wou^l plead to his' Cparge, 't%£f would tahftte Re- fufalto be entred, *and proceed agairtff 'hjffif is if the Faelt Were confeffelf ' This being '$$& faid to him, he was rdquifedHhe third'tjpwfo 'Ipd'f To' which' hdr-;anfw|fed,': that if the Judges wo|ld declare it topeadcofdihgtoLall; j» him tp/plead, he would obey: buthewls told that the Gentlemen then prefent were his Jprages, and that if he would not pleapfthe^ Would Regifter his Contempt the third, rime, and upon his Refufal did fo. Mr. Mor^aun} admopifheo1 by his Exam ple,pleaded not guilty^ and after a full hearing of the Witpefles on Boil iides, the CourtacquittedhimibyoneVbi.ee: Then Sir Henry Slingsbywas called to the Bar, and the Witrtefles , on each fid! being heard, he was Coo;) *; was pronounced Guilty, tho' in the Opinion pf many Nren he had very h%rd Meafure. Fbr it appeared that he was a Prifoner at the t^e when he was charged to have pradifed«gaihft the Government ; that he was a declared End} my, and therefore by the Laws of War free tal majteany fuch Attempt : Beflde#it was alledg-j fed that the Perfons whom he was accufed'to have endeavoured to • corrupt, had tra parfd him by their Promifes to ferve the King in de livering Hull, if he would give them a (pom- miflion to ad for liirp, which Commiflion wfe an^old one that had long lain by him. But all this befog not thought fufficient to excufe hirri, he was adjudged to die.- The reft of the Pri foners were alfo condemned, and Sentence jbf Death^ being pronounced, Sir Henry $lims by and Dr. Hewet had the Fa\our of .being be- hfaded ; and the others, being Men |)f alefler Figure, were hanged. Cromwel's Daughter and Favourite Mrs. Chy pole, laboured earneftly with her Father to fave the Life of Dr. Hewer, but without foccefs : which Denial fo %ffljded her, that it was reported to have beert, one caufeof her Death, which happened foon after with the concurrenceof an Ulcer in her Womb. The Ufurper, as he was thus ptodigal of Englifh Bloody (fo was he no foil prbfufe of the PjgMfek Treafure, in procuring Intellige&eP from the Royal Party abroad, To which l& he employed one Henry Manning, Son to pile €M. kicMrd Manning a Papift, and formerly'a of he gave to Charles Stuart, and diftribitted feverallefler Sums to his neceflitbus Eo^b##^ he was eafily admitted amongft them. It bap- ned at that time, that a Gentleman who had ferved the late King, defiredleaye frqm Crow wel to travel, which he obtained on condition he fhould not feethe King, which he promifedi Accordingly when he arrived; at Colen, if I miftake not, that was the place, he*fent a Mef- fage to the King, that heraight be permtttdl to wait on him at night, which was granted; and haying difcourfed fully concerning the Af fairs became about, he toqk leave, and receive ted a Letter which he fewed within the Crown of his Hat. Upon his return to EnglaHdihe came with Confidence to Cromwel, and being demanded by him if he had punctually per formed his Ptofflife ?«He anfwered, that hi had. But faid Cromwel, Who was it that put out the Candles when you fpoke to Charles Sttiattf This unexpected Qiieftiori fomewhat ftartled him ; but Cromwel proceeding, asked hiffli What he faid to him? To which the Gentleman an- C 609 ) aPfwered* that he faid nothing, at all to hint' Then faid Cromwel, did he not fend a Letter by you ? The Gentleman denying that alfo* Crom wel took his Hat, apd having found the Letter, he fent him immediate^ to the Tower. From; thence he took the firft favourable Occafion to acquaint Charles Stuart with all that had hap-' ned to him relating to this Affair, afforingjiirn* that one of the three Perfons who were in thp Room withhim at the time above-mentioned* mmft neflparily have betrajled him. Upon this Information ,/^»#i»g's Study was fearehecfy and his Correfpondence being difcovered, leave' was obtained from the Duke of Neuburg to execute him within his Ttrritories, and accord ingly he was. ihot to Death. But tho' Mannings Adion was bafe and perfidious, as proceeding from a domeftick Servant, yet , by what Law he Was executed I confefs my felf utterly igno> rant. '*¦., After the Death of Mrs. Cleypole it was oB- ferwpdthat Cromwel grew melancholy, andalfp diftempered with divers Infirmities* particular ly. auma^grtant Humour in his Foot; which hin- dring him from the Exercifes of walking or riding abroad, he obliged his Phyfieiahs to en deavour to difperfe it, which they endeavour ing to do, drove it upwards to his Heart. By this means he became defpetately fick ; and as; fome about him had for a longtime deceived others^ fo they now endej|Voure4to impofe up on God hiinfelf. * For Sk^\Goodwin, his Crea- Rr cure ( 410 ) ture and Trenche|-Chaplain, ufed thi^Etfpfefii- on in his Prayer dpfing the time o£> his Sick- nefs ; Lord,we fag not for his: Recovery, for that thou haft already grafted, \and ajfured-us of, but; for his fpeedy Recovery: At this time I was in the County ofEffex, and according to a former Refolution I hadlaken, went to London to attend my Father Oldfworth, and to bring him into the Country, whether he defigndd to come with my Mother Ludlow. On the Monday Afternoon I fet ifcrward on my jdpney, the Morning proving fo tempeftuoqi that the Horfes were not able to draw againft it ; fo that I could reach no farther than Epp^gthsx. Night. By this means I arrived not at Weft- minfter till Tuefday about Noon, when pafling by Whitehall, notice was immediatejy^given to Crtt&wel, that I was come to Town. Where upon he fent for Lieutenant General Fleetwood, and ordered him to enquire concerning th§; Rea fons of my coming in fuchi hafte, and at fuch a time. TheXieutenant General? according|||de- fired by alvleflage that I would cqme to him the ciext Morrting, which I did, and unjer- flood from him that Cronmel fufpeded I was comc:witha Defign to raae fome Difturbance in the Army, and that he was defirous to knoty - the occafion of my Journey. I. ajflured him, ' that as it was not in my Power to caufe any Commotion jn the Army, fo neither was it in my Thoughtst'at this time ; and that I came to Town in order to bring out Famijy together in to* C otr ) t$ the Country, according to a Refolutfon f&ketf a Month fipce, and before '\ heard of Cromwelt Indifpofition. He then told me,, that the Pro tedor had been ill, but lhat.it was now hoped he was {ecovering. I faid, that I wifhed hirrl fo wellf that I was not defirous he fhould die in the.wa'y he was in at prefent, and aflured him, that I fhould be glad of the Prolongation of his Life, if he w<#Jd employ it to the Pub lick Good, which ought to be more dear to us* than Life it felf. ; At Whitehall they were unwilling to have it known that he was fo dangeroufly ill; ; yet by, reafon of a Claufe in the humble Petition and Advice (which was the Rule of Government they pretended to ad by) that the Protedor fhould have Power to nominate his Sliccdflqfy the Commiffionets of the Great Seal attended for figning the Declaration of the Perfon to be appointed to fucceed him. But whether he was unwilling to difcover his Intentions to' leave the 'Succeflion to his Son* left thereby he. fhould, in cafe of recovery, difobfigeqthers,' whom he had put in expedition of that PoW er ; or whether he was fo difcornpofed in Body arid Mirtd* that he could Hot attend that ( Mat ter ; or laftly, whether he would have named OT did name any other, is tome Uncertain. But certain it-is1 that the Commiflioners were , Pot admitted till the Friday following* when the Symptoms of FJeisth- were apparent upon himv and? many MiPifters aW others ai&mbkd in i tkf'r. tehanV I 6ix > Chamber at WbitmjS, praying for him, whilft he martifefted fo little Remorfe of Confcience for his betray mg fhe Publick Caufe, and facri- flcing it to the Idol of his own Ambition, that fome of his laft Words were rather beoSminga Mediator than a Sinner, recommending to God the Condition of the Nation that he had fo infamoufly cheatedjand exprefling a great Care of the People whom be haf fo manifeftly de- fpifed. But he feemed above all concerned for the Reproaches he faid. Men 'would caft Upon his Name, in trampling on his Afhes when dead. In this Temper of Mind he departed this Life about two in the Af^ernobn ; and tpe News of his Death being brortght to thole who were met together to pray foil him, Mr. Sterry flood u p and defire^ them not toBdtrOu- blia. For, faid he, this is good News*; be caufe if he. was of great Ufe to' the Peoplefof God when he was amongft us,; now he will be much more fo, being afcended to HeaverTto fit at the right hand of Jefus Chfift, there to intercede for, us, and to be mindful of us on ajl occafions. Different were the Efleds that the Death of Cromwel produced iii the Nation : Thofe Men ¦ who had been Sharers with him in thdUfurped Authority were exceedingly; troubled, whilft all other Parties' rejoiced at nt ; each of them hoping that this Alteration would prove advapj tagiouS to their Affairs. The Commonwealths- men were fo chaVitabll to believe that the Sol* diery] C.6~i3 ) diery being delivered from their Servitude to the General, towhich they were willing to at tribute theirformer Compliances, would now open their Eijes and join with them, as the on ly means left to preferve themfelves and the People. Neither were the Cavaliers Without great hopes that new Divifions might arife, and give them an Opportunity of advancing their Minion, who had been long endeavouring to unite all the corrupt Interefts of the Nation to his Party. But neither the $enfe of their Duty, nor the Care of their own Safety, nor the juft Apprehenfions of being overcome by their irrecdncilable Enemy, could prevail With the Army to return to their proper Station. So that having tafted of Sovereignty under th'efha- dow of their late Mafter, they refolved againft tbeReftitution of the Parliament. And in Or der to this it was agreed r.o proclaim Richard Cromwel, ekjeftSon to Oiiver, Protedor of the Commonwealth, in hopes that he, who by fol lowing, his Pleafures. had rendred himfelf unfit for Publick Bufinefs, would no't fail to plate the Admirtiftration of the Government ip the hands of thofe who were moft powerful in the Army; Accordingly the Proclamation was publifhed in Weftminfter, at Temple- Bar, and at the Old Exchange, with as "few* Expreffions of Joy ashad ever been obferved oh the likeocca- fiop.. This being done, the Council iffued out Orders to the Officers of Civil Juftice to ad by virtue of their old Commiflipns till new ones Rr j could 04 ) could be fent to them: And that nothing might be omitted to fortifie the new government, va rious .-means were ufed^to procure Addrefles from all Parts, which were brought in great Numbers from the feveral Counties of Eng land, Scotland and Ireland, as alfo from diners Regiments of the Army. 0rfe of the firft Ads of the new Government Was, to oVde^theFu- neraiof the late Ufurper; and theCqurtbil hav ing refolved that it fhould be very magnificent, the Carepf ft was referred to a Committee of them, who fendipg for Mr. Kihnerfly Mafter pf the Wardrobe, defired him to find put fome JPrecedent by which they might govern thep^- felves* in this important Affair. After examin|- jtionbf.his Books and Papers, 'ivfr.; Kinnerfly., who was fufpeded to be inclined to Po$erj[, recommended to them the Solemnities ufed up on the like occafiorifqr Philip the Secpnd.King of Spain, who had been repre|e.|r!ed tp be in Purgatory for about two Morijpf^ In the like manner was the Body of this great Reformer laid in Some rfe't- houfe : The Apartment was 'hungwith Black, t|ie Day-light was excluded, and no other but that of Wax-Tapers^ to be feen. This Scene of Purgatory continued, till the firft of November, which being the day preceding that commonly called^ gputsf he was removed into the great Haljl of the faid Houfe, and reprefented in Effigie, ftandingon a Bed of Crimfon Velvet covered with a Cjown of the like coloured Vejvet, a Scepter in his Hand, ( ,5 ) Hand, and a Grown on his Head. That part of#the Hall wherein the Bed flood was railed in, .and the Rails and Ground within them' co vered with Crimfon Velvet. Four or five hun dred Candles fet in flat fhining Candlefticks were fo placed rbupd*near the Roof of the Hall, that the Light they 'gave feemed like the Rays of the Sun : By all which he was represented to be now in a State of Glory. This Folly and Profufion fo far provoked the People, that they threvy Dirt in the night on his Efcucheon that was placed over the great Gate of Somerfei- houfe* I purpofely omit the reft of the Pagean try, the great Number of Perfons that attend ed on the Body, the Proceffion to Weftminftei, the vaft Expence in Mourning, the State and , Magnificence of the Monument ereded for him, with many 'other things that I care not tore- member* TheNeceffitiesof the Government? daily ,in- creafing, it was thought expedient to call a Par liament, as they termed; it. Whereupon the Council being fummoned, three Queftions were debated amopg them. ift.- Whether the Eledions fhould be made by the Counties,Cities,and confiderable Towns, adcordingtq the Diftribu tion agreed on by the Long Parliament, add pradifed by Cromwel in his time ; or whether they Ihould be made by the Counties, Cities, artd Boroughs, according to the ancient Law of the Land. * , ^ R r 4 The ( M ) The id was concerning the thirty Members to ferve for Ireland, and thirty for Scotland; whether, or how, they fhould be chofen, there having been as yet no Diftribution of Powers to eled, as it was ordered there fjiould be in ihe humble Petition and Advice. vThe %dwas touching the Writs of Summons to be iflued to thofe ©f the Other Houfe. For the firft, the Council learned in the Art and Myftery of the Law, advifed, That fee ing there was a Claufe in the Petition and Ad vice, that all fhould be done according to*Law* it was the moft fafe way to iffue out the Writs pf Eledion according to theancient Form ; and this Method after fome Debate was. refolved upon, principally becaufe itwas well under- ftood that mean and decayed Bdjifoughs might be much more eafily corrupted than the nume rous Counties and confiderable Cities. The Motion for proceeding according to Law pre: vailed with them alfo in reference to the Writs for Memberstoferve in the Other Houfe, which Were accordingly iflued out in th$ fame Form with thofe that had been formerly ferit to the Peers. The Jecond Queftion touching the Members fo? Scotland and Ireland 'was long de bated, the moft prudent being of opinion, that flnce Writs were to go out in the ancient man- pen, tb eleiSt Members to ferve for England in Parliament, there could be no pretence for flwkpf Sceila^and Ireland to fit with them;How* (6-17) However, the Majority concluded that Mem bers fhould be chofen for Scotland and Ireland, as had been pradifed in the time of (Cnomwel, with this Prpvifo, that they fhould not be ad mitted to fit as fuch, till the Confent of thofe chofen for England '^Were firft obtained., The time of Eledion drawing near, the Court ufed their utmoft Endeavours to procure fuch Men to be chofen as were their Creatures, and had their Dependencies on them, in which they had po fmall Advantages. For befides the Power of difcountenancing and punifhing thofe that were not their Friends, they had all the Pre ferments as well Military as Civil in their Dif- pofitfon. -The Officers of the Admiralty and Navy had a great Influence not only upon the Cinque-Ports , but alfo upon all Sea-Towns whatfoever, and could prefs at their pleafure any Inhabitant to ferve at Sea, and thereby rpin both them and their Families. The She riffs, who generally were Men chofen for fuch Parpofes, contributed no little Afliftance to their Defign, by difpofing the Writs to whom ihey pleafed, and making themfelves Judges of the Fitnefs and due Qualifications of all thofe who fhould vote at, the feveral Eledions. , In the mean time divers Perfons who conti nued unfhaken in i their Zeal and Afledion to the Commonwealth, met at the Houfe of Sir Henry Fane, where they confulted what would be moft proper for them to do in cafe any of them fhould be eleded to ferve in the approach ing ( 6-i8 > irig Aflembly : And after mature Deliberation^ refolved that if they fhould be fairly chofen,an$ that no unjuft or difhonourable thing were re quired of them, they fhould accept the Empldy- njent, and therein ufe the beft of their Endea* , vours to ferve the Publick, being, perfwaded that it is the Dutf of a good Man at ajfitirnes and in all places, vthen an Opportunity 'Offers it felf, to be ufeful to his Country. Neither did they think that their Prefence andAflS- ftance in fuch an Aflembly#ould by any "means be interpreted to be an Adknowledgment that they were a Parliament ,# in prejudice of the Right of the Long Parliament, which tho un der a Force,* yet was never legally diflblved. In confequence of this Refolution, Sir Arthur Ha- flerig, Mr. Thomas Scot, Mt. "Weaver, Colonel Kendrjck, and divers others of knowp Afledi- on to the Commonwealth, being chofen to ferve, fat in the Aflembly. Prefident Br ad fh aw was returned by the Sheriff for the County of Chefter; but fome of '|hat County having re turned another Perfon, he was not prefeht at their firft fyfeetings, the Aflembly having made an Order, That in cafe of a double Return, neither of the Competitors fhould fit till the Matter fhould, be heard and decided. Great Endeavours were ufed by the Court to prevent the Eiedion of Sir Henry Fane* and thb'their Officers refufed to return him at Hull and Bri- ftol, at both which places it was faid he had the majority, yet at laft he was chofen and return ed _ C 819 ) ed for the Borough of Whitchurch in the Coun ty of Southampton. The people of this |»fcWe wereadvifed to this Choice by Mr. Robert Wal lop; at which the Court- Facl ion werefoeflfa- "ged, that they had fent a menacing Letter jtp him, Which was fubfcribed by moft Juftices of 'the Peace for the County, tq let him know,tqat they would oppofe his Eledion forthe SJiire,jif he perfifted to recommend ' Sir Henry Vane jto the Choice of the People. But Mr. Wallop cle- fpifing their Threatnings, continued to aflift Sir Henry Fane, and Was chofen for theCounjry in defpite of them- - f "Thqf| that governed at Whitehall ¦', had or dered an Oath to be adminiftred to all fuch las fhpuld be admitted to?fit in the Houfe, where by theMenibers were to oblige themfelves not to a% or contrive any thing againft the Pro tedor. This Oath I was unwilling to take, and therefore declined going into the Afleijn- bly ; but being oneday walking in Weftminftsr* Hall, and meeting, Sir Walter St. Johns, who was ope of the Perfons appointed to adminifter t'he 10ath, he asked me why Tcame riot to the Houfe ? 1 told him, that tho' I had heard di vers Arguments for taking ; rhe^ Oath , yet my Doubts not being fully fatisfied b| them, I had hitherto abftained. Whereuporihe defired rne to meet him in the Lobby the next Morning, promiiing to carry me in with him, whic!i,faid he, wnrlcreatea Pelief iq the Houfe that I have given yc^i the Oath. Accordingly I attended, C 6x9 1 bijt not fipoUngSir l%//*r there, I went in, and the Houfe being at' Prayers, I flood amongft the reft of the Members till they were ended, apd then went up to the Speaker's Chamber, where, and in the Gallery, I fat with as much, privacy as I could. Thus I continued to do for alj>6Ut a Week , when News was. brought, to» the great mortification of the Court , that Sir Henry Fane was chofen to ferve in this Afleny bly*for the Borough of ^Whitchurch , as was mentioned before. Sir Henry being come to Town, and informed th§t I fat in the Houfe, he was pleafed to make me a Vifit, and to en quire by what means I had procured admifli- on, for he had been acquainted with my Scru ples touching theOath. I aflured him, that vtxy Doubts remained ftill unfatisfied ; but that I had' ventured to go into the Aflembly, where I fate as yet without any interruption. Within a pay or two a Member informed me of an In tention in fome to complain to the Houfe againft me, for fitting amongft them without the Qualification of the Oath: To which I an fwered, That it was no more than I expeded. And accordingly one pf the Members caller? Bodurdo, the fame day prefled\to be heard "touching a Matter which, he faid, concerned the very Being of the Houfe ; having been in formed that there fat a Perfpri amongft them, who had not taken the Oath required to be adminiftred to every Member before^ his ad- miflibn. He therelbre moVed.the Houfe to en quire ( 6zi ) qiiire into it, and to give order that all Men that fat there might be upon an equal foot. This Motipn was oppofed by fome, who alleK|§p| that it was of far lefs Importance than many other things that were before them* But Mr. J^hu Trevor, a leading Man of the Court- Party, feconded the former Motion, tho' with much Civility and Refped , urging that he could not but think it very feafonable, and of Confequencej confidering the Worth , as he was pleafed to fay, of the Perfon concerned. So tlie Debate was encred upon, and divers gave their Opinions that the Oath fhoukf be peremptorily required. . But Mr. Weaver and fome Others oppofed them, alledging, that for the moft part Oaths prbved only Snares to ho neft Men, it bein§ generally obferved, that t|bfe who were leaft cbnfciehtious in keeping an Oath, were the moft forward to' take it. CoV Eyres alfo informed the Houfe, that he had fat in the Long Parliarnent without taking the Oath then prefcribed, and that he was fujly perfwaded that my Omiflion therein proceeded not from a Spirit of Oppbfition , but from a real Scruple of Confcience; that his Cafe had formerly been the fame With mine ; and tho' no Man could queftion my Afiedibn to that Parliament, yet I had moved the Houfe in his behalf, and was the Perfpn nominated by them to bring him into the Houfe without taking the Oath. This Debate continuing for two or three hOurs,was at length interrupted by the * ' . dif- ! C 6*t ) dijfcovery of a Perfpp fittinginthe Hbufe, who had not beepeleded'-fo to do :: His Name was ^%*anc^ &cing called to the Bar, the Houfe detfnailded of him whether he Were a Mem-* berj ? To which he anfwered, that he knew not whether he were or no. For meeting with an! Alderman pf London, who asked him if he Wpre chofen, he demanded of him the Reafop of his Queftion: Whereupon the Alderman faying that he had feen the Name of one King upp'n the Lift of Returns, he came down to the HSufe, and had continued fo to do, that he migbt not be wanting in his Duty. This Man beings ordered to withdraw, many of the Mern> bers willingly left the Debate;* and others did fqtoo from their great Zeal againft him,; fup pofing him to be a dangerous Perfon, becaufe; he had been obferved that Morning in thel Speaker's Chamber to approve and promote a Paper which was there delivered, tending to ihew theWickednefs of the Defigns that were carrying on by the Court-Fadioo, and the Ne- cejpky incumbent on the Aflembly to reftore the Commonwealth. So the Meritsof this Perfon having been debated alfo, and the Houfe being informed by one of the Members ferVing for the City of London, that the Man was diftem- pered in his Head to that degree, tha#his Rela tions were often obliged to bind him hand and foot, they contented themfelves to fend him to Newgate for a day or two, and then ordered) M*p tobe difchargedv By this? mems the Af I \ 0*3 J ferpbly was dieted from refolvingto imppje the Oath ; and tho' they were mucn inclipedto etridof my Company* yet partly by finding o great oppofition, and partly by diicoverinf| that there were fome qf another Intereft which they liked better, that had not taken it, they were difeouraged from refuming that Debatq for the future, tho' they did fomeijimes mention it by way of Refledion , when I moved any thing difpieaijhg. to them. *V - All Meg, Were in great expedation what'. the Refolutions of the Houfe would be concerning the Government. The founder part of them were very defirous to fecure themfelves in the twgefjential Points which had been the ground of the Quarrel between the King and*he Parli|- ment,s0/z.the Militia and the Negative Voice, and to eftabliih them in the Reprefentative of the People, before they fhouldenter upon any other Bufinefs. But whilft thefe important- Matters were under confideration, Mr. Thur- loe, a Member of the Aflembly, and Secretary to Mr. Richard Cromwel, prefented.them with ajpeclaration ready drawn, wherein wasfon- tained an Acknowledgment of the fajd Richard Cromwel to be Protedor, and tie Petition and Advice to be the Rule bf Government for thefe Nations. ThisjAdion was by impartial Mep efteemed to be agreat Injury to the Aflembly ; but he had a fufficient Strength amongft them tocarry him through wjjatfoever he thought fit to undertake, and therefore he was not only ; " de- defended fo&what he had done, but it Was re folved {fiat the Declaration fhould be received and debited. Hereupon it was moved that the Inftrument might be produced, whdrdip, according to the Petition and Advice, the Suc- ceflbr ought to be nominated, and the Great Seal affixed; but they having rto fuch thing to 1hew,over-ru4ed that Motfon. Not being able , to obtain this, and being dxtreamly defirous to place the Militte in the Parliament, and to make void any Pretence to a Negative Voice in a fingle Perfon, as Well as to do fome other things lor the Peoples 'Safety and Welfare," the Court-Party1 reTufed| to confent to any thipjgof that nature for the prefent, craftily infinuating and rriafttlg large Prornifes,that fuch things as were heceflary ihpuld be done hereafterfat i. more convenient Seafon. In the next place it was defired, that fince it appeared fhe prefent PoWer had no legal Foundation; and tfia$ it would be moft fafe for the Protedor to derive his Authority from a right Source, the Words in the Declaration of Recognizing him might be, altered for Agnizing him ; that fo his Right 1fntght appearto be founded upon the Confent of the People reprefented in this Aflembly. But this Propolition, tho' inforfced with many weighty5 Rdafons , was rejefitad as the former had been, tho' it was thought convenient to di vide the Hodfe upon it.* Upbn this Succfefs the Court prefuming to carry aljrbeforethem,. *grew unmeafurably infolent, and all that could be dona' C <&5 ) . . Mope was only to' lengthen out th&ff)etetes, and to hang on the Wheels of the Gl|»ot, that thfey might not'bq able to; drive-fo furioliy. By: th^smean|v time was gaineditoinfufe gl6bd Principles mto divers youn^Gentlerneri, who before had neve* been inS&WMlic|r^;ffembly, irt hopes that fhpw for the prefent their previous EpgagemlhfMhould. carry therfi againft us, yet ^p^'more matlirejfDeiiberation they might Inffever where their line Intereft lay. Neither werd bur Endtavours without Sudcefs, for ha* virlg^trequenjly held the Houfe nine or ten days; in Rebate betortthey could cqrpetoa Queftion, many "Gentlemen Who cametfeb ^Pp^'tfJIg&pre- pollffed in favour of the Court, 'confeffeW that tbe'Reafohs of the Commonwealth Party were fo'!<|3gent , -!tbat||ftey were not able* to refip; Ker^' •,And Wcime all Parties had confederate]! agltnll'fis^w/e^ in order to lefTegi their Num bers , 'hppek(:|ed.g^y|rs pf tHem fojr fea'vipg b^n o^thlfctagV we jaP^rect* forh%' of ^them to b^ esj^eU'd , %d Sfe'd ^ >yyay fome others Vmofkriew fbemr feTvefrofbe in the fame Cphditibp? * The. Court tb requite usi^rcMlht Mri^arvwSCouchet a Pa- p%ppd Brmhef tolhe" LUSl .of^lehaven, ' tolajleufe Mr^PiBrs,, ,who had, -s^^ k*#ith us, pf Irving irffjfe1 Ring's A|my ,. apdlho' it ^* feajfi&tfftt he wasfced. fo to do W thofe who fcgd ^espoveCnment of|h:im , he be.mg^ then but iix^en?Yea|s of ilge, and' fh|t^e caft^^JntQ^Re PMiamerit^^ai'ters as foon as he haffan #p- S f „ pWtanity, porrhnity^et al^that could be faid proving not^Jjram/to e^eple fill, he was vote»pPt frbm the Houfe. nextithing we endeavoured was to remoVethe ScotiM and Irifh MeWers^whp; had intrpded' themfelfes : intf®ie'Hpu^e,^ngfe have the QAeftftft pqti Whither J thofe Mem^sihf en by Scotland <0$jpt £fri&e Law of thepanatofif, as MMherf^f this t?Miamen% Tie rvda%ffpufdd to jufair the! wording of the Queftion inln|s planner wire : i. That the^was rip cpldtir by^the ancient Law of the Lstrid for their fittirf is Meml -©f the Parliament of Englandf^^'mg a ,beenysa&difl'i'nlfc* Jii|gdom from it.*5' -a. " H&L there had been pp diftributipn of Powersjo ell%, as was regjaired by the Huiftbte Petition* and y?ceA, J 1m; Court would by^no rpeans- rj^ri lll&eftioritqbe put in the marii^b^bre-me ttonpci, butni<|yedthat it might be thpstprop| ed iP^he|bllowlng Wqr^ Whether, tigt- H§ that^ofe 'rtifamed- ijfw ' ffli as Meni§r S\of :thmPmWment:^ty th^s means tpiMilfg a it^eftiQnibf Right, int® a t^peftion oPConvertiency.; Hip^ever,;b|^i^e * pur J^ef^qp .ewas, jir|r" pr^^^'. v/i: infill that it mi|^|t alfo be firffe put ^andilil^ewlb moved, tha^hofelfent %($'$cptlandr^<%jfy- land being* the -Perfons cop^teS in t|fe ©uMl jg$i, v n||pntf be ordered to withdraw, and nof be petr||tte4 to fjt Jucjgeis of their owrt Cajpij 1 arid thlðopg3|t'We mightjwlth mdre4ea-j foftdft l3 * ijgadf wavjsd the Lfgality qfjstheir '^ffi^on by the fmm of Words^they haj ufed in theSpef- tjbnlhey .p|ifc©flp* -::,- But tie pretended ptem- ibersfor-&^|^an%..^/^»fexcept 'only -.Mr. .iri^b» y/bo modeitf/ withdrew, as thjey lad *£pted>the,ir.qwr|.:'Cafe witjrmuch ;co:r^dence, * jfq |bythe 'fupport pf- that ,|Court they lllpydd to decide it 'tp their jdtyn favour. IVhen ^we faw;»- ou| %fye|lthq&"pyerpO;^dred by ,-^yfce arid *Mp|nfeiT^%e : hid^the jQueftion pitpr *!U$kig out tie Wor^^yMeJUrv ofth'e$mip4> ^carrldl in the Ai&mative 5 apjd w. ^erefore^tb hd%trfinthe Journal, wdlet ^tewir|f in tfcdffortfe tq,lhfipriate that; they were, not aXegalxI'arlianjierit, having nqflqgn- Jipasnee: f|orn the ' Apt&onty ' by -^n^-'«4J)^r p|fd : And as totbf r prpd^ntial Way of $£- mittfhg* the%c;@ts and Irifh oh the account ;bf f#qnyeniency, we faid it would weafeer^all that fto|id-^oneby#is 'A%mly,, wfi&i$ i- ^s'%dp^be|^^^d and 'dtly ^onfi^er|d: % - ^feth^H^lq^me into, Po^r, whep Ay ipmm: • -That thejS&wtf of \thW;Meimly.- , .^••'iifsP^^^^Qted that/they were ¦ a . legal ' '**$&*¦; 'vlllld pot pid*vthe. Pebble qf ?_ .-,; " appfc' thd|efqre ¦ thafo h ;s*^n#^fbiI^e^lEIt r' th^fe ehpfens by that atiori Iboild have^rry^artmAaki^^WS' ^ thtfeqpfelbf 'jEnpa^d^rid that it' was' iri- ftdrabfctlat theyl-wh'P1 hid fo%k ,|gaihfl ttld be eonfultilpWith in S f 2 tie tbg frasptPg;of our Gqpfifttution, and fof'vqjeJ us put o^ijjllfc with their Tongues, which they , 'roujsj never %ht us out of ^w|tn|bek Swdf ds, But allqur AVgun^*nt%ere arifw*fed bj calling fqrth^'^e|iori?:which they ca^ied^bya great nuiy^r.roF^ote^?';^ tijtf did alfp that fojjad* ^Ih^^uriipylrig Ae'ome^efo'DifEcufr^ ties* dbphteK riofi! to obtain the FJftablifhmept bf \t^ir^#"J>| L§M*y' which th^calied •the^®/^''|$/^ f- ar$' fperefbre mqveljfor" '-recc^p*i|iPg' them afjp*:- Fhe . &mnronw.eafchsh l^^Jpfmpfeci that?! the> 'J^u^ply iyould* filrffc take inrjJiidir Gbnflderation thdP^erS' whe-re- wpy^e, Other F^nfe;mouldjbe^ed befb§| they piri^deof to the Recbgnition of ^legg left qpr'c^alifyih'g: ¦'tbe^"^^^^^^^''''©!^ flqufe,. and our .: Apprb^feStl wqff, the* Perfons that wer^» to fill it, might be: a. means to pr&k cure tbepi more Power .than otherwife rje fhquld think fit to give them. ' "' But the ^mfttr Party^ arledged -that tfee ©ther Hbufe^beittg^al- re#yrconftitdfed* *it "was no more in the Pbwer , of the Commons to alter their lftattifbn^| than in,?the Power of the New*Horifefto njake any. Change in that of the Commons.:, Then we endeavored to fbiw tJh^rp', the urirdiffna-T Dllnefs of irnpbfing fucfa'^a ' Houfe u|)Q| thf NatippJ felling them,, thaf :'¦ in/andent 'tinj| fhofe^fliat ' Whei to Parliamehtkfate there by yirtuf of the 'Lands they poff fled, «and that "h| *whd - ha#twerity* Fees, ?each qf twenty Pounds Ojfoo'S) |i;lyRePt,*: might ddrparid his Pllpn the &fe a&; an ;Eari $ and/' that whofoeVe1;%as ipdffed bf thirteen Fees, t; ^hereof one third |rt %%'3militarf ,,. had a Right to fit in the Igrie Houfe t as a Barpn : That this Method jlontinued till thegreater Barons .finding them felves !J|er voted,:.' withdrew into a diftihcl: '$$!$£, " But Ring Hetity the Third having ob tained a Victqj^Ugainft the ^arqns^: ddririved ,rhem of their ancient llliges., arid permit- tecipope of them to come'to Parliament with- jbut^a' Writ of Summons from him. Vtfe fffie wed them that the*1 Houfe of Lords anr Pciently^qnfifted, f>f perfons, „, on4 wfeqm the" >ri|mqns'."had', ti^eir Dependence , and' be- g'fdf. the^moft part Retainers to thejPiJfVete gqtlied in their Lly^ej :< But the Bailance be ing now altered,: .arid .the greateft part of the Lands of England ;H^qlyed upon the; Com--. Ijpns, .they infteap/pr wearing tjheLbrds blew Ifpats, Mil,.' now, give Wages to moft of thofe^. pho pre^ded.to be Members j$f. the o|hej£ ttoufe, " mt*ri^withftapdirig all that cbulcTbe, |iid, the Confederacy 'for tidlnjfc.ftf^r enpugh to carry all before, them, Tthe Cavafee- rith' Patty, who ^ererve|y numerous^ joining ymihlfthem,' ir^pectatiorithat it miglitprdve a |oqd-fl:ep t'owshWltJid Return of the former TRjjiejfige : Sov thef Queftion Vas;puf, Whether ttH-ffotfi , [h&td£iranfatk with :the0tfcr H$ufe, ;and earned in trie Affirmltiye. ;We,ther|f de fired/ tb/at teeing Thlfefefoufe w^u'ijBetorably- **v"- S f 3 ,'» ,„ more tffc"* ractte Honourable Hi -die tip Other,, apfitmuc whqfn they ofThislfiiqufe f e„* in re :, thai atPPtstotO ^^'It'tlian1 Ltibmto th* ierta|switMvlef| ;«'«2b"" as fqriper^%nlefs tpe iMdhioers of the; W Hbufe '* worilcl tefpecti^ely come" tb us th their Mpases a ijr, that th^pifter^ iri, Chance/|;'wT3o'We:,i#eAqmea »'thi' Lords Me%!g^^ me twb Hbtrfes for that ^puippfe : But this* "al fo was^deriied^^ we were told^ Thaia'Fear ther might hinderUe Mokon of a*Cloc\ ds'MU^ as a pie&%f %o%. : The ^ubjectW bur firft * Trapfa^h with the Other Honfe waJ toqch- ing a Declaration, for a Faffe; which, % font! epjons in It, of Haling Shame to out filw*% tojhtle tm^Ghvernniew'kithe^ Ex andthers of a like? nature, difcovered plainly, in what Mi«t> i was forged. ;"•" this":; Deda^lf ft? M|g Igreedj:©, it'was^ordered to be earrielta the OtleiMfe; fbVthlir 'Corilpir^el^rW Mr. Grqpe, -who was f accqmpained; by divers young Oentlemen ]• , and many pf the Cayalidr-' Party, all-'o^mattepding-lji|e,;fo rafrjf Eae*| keys at the Bar of the Other" whitfl* the! Ceremonies of prefentingit 'were perfbrmed ; whigh were thef;fame thfljliad b^eri formerly* ufed tq the P^ers on the lite Occafion. Thofd: of the other Houfe were woriderloll|' pleafed -with this Application to them, bavifig wafted agar ^ear three Mop# /or it, and having no bufi* Of fs 40 do, had#confumed greaf ftorebf Fire tqjeep them ,W:arm at rhe^ublteV Clake^ ^eij^onthe jDeJate, they found nqt fo |||at aft^iinTOy-as in- the receiving it y for Mr. Wyvjoefs Party an4jthe;|^^^ vk> feptly upon the Indeperiddrits andtotoeofthe Arriiy, concerning fome^pfiufes therein infert- ed, ; as tbf*faid,b^ thofe^f their l$riy. 1-hefe JDivtfions'^re not cbpfin^ within/the Walls qf^h.atjHoufe, but broke out in the Army it fe|ff; the^Officers gyefy wheM difcovering their Jealomies one of anothet. They were divi ded into Three Parties, and - neither of theni ; mfch fuperipjur to the Other ip number. * Ste •^•Ftrty was known to, be well aiffecled to pie ^(Comrnqn wealth, ', and ^rjfiftett chiefly of the ' fbi|>w1ig Officers , vi%. Col. Afhjteld, ;-|$I, ':'^^mn', jCqj.jRte, Lieut. Col. M^n^lf0$.. ^^M'^Moff, Lieut. Col. Farley, Major" 'freed , %th fivers Captains and>o||d1r inferior Officers. AJfecoriel Party was kriowrilby the Title JM ir/rajiingyora .Hguj^; or |ixL advanced J Mr. Richard Cromwel irt'e^i |qp of .gbverhmgall as they pleafed :4©f thefe ~1re -Hetitenant GeneraT^afn^, Cql.De/1 cbi:a«r\. coi.-m/r Sydenham. - :or iJ//«w "' tS&fewr " aln CbL IrtgddM, CxMfQough, Cql.4f^%rCo|f mward^W:(^o^^.i^.'^fmi with manyfothets, andimqrepart^ularlyihqJ^ >hat*yMeOffice|s rn the j^cpts: and Irifh Eor|pj But hisTJabirietSquncil w|re the Lord B^gfrnfa Ef| [Wiliqnf, and ,,'Cbl. ! Philip Jones, ^thi Difererice^betyVeen%efe Parties being* already very great*,,, were; -yet vfinpch incfgaigjL by, the follqwing. Adcide'rit? Gpl. 'WbaMfi, whom* ^Richarcfthkd lately, made *Commifla^f Gene ral of the Horfe^ meet{teswith Col. J$$1d in Wtftfyi^w* him eancerrimglthej Other Hbufe , aboul which thejf ¦'Sentl(rri^r|ts were veff different, the Co%i% miliary Gerierflrell ihtafuch a Paffion, that, he tbrb'tned tb^ftrike the 'Colonel, who thereugpHf $armg him tq do it, Whalley chofe rather to / ihike1 his "Cqmtllaint to Mr. Richard Crom$M& Col. • ^fida^^W^ummo^epd to amear£- me riretende^Prbtecforthreetned to p^el, him gs a Mutip||r, fqf" fpeakipg in fitch, a ma|ne#* to a General Officer of \ the Afmy. Bjut.'thej- Colonel defiting a fair andegual Hearing,by a^ Council of Officers, te was , qrdel^l, tq ; attend* again. At the time appo«i||| it was contrlvedl jthat Col. ,j$|#f? Col. Ingllds^Col. Hpw$m Lieut.* ¦Car. ?x?itddrick^, and other GreaWes on the Court fhould ,he prefept;)tq decide the mat*; , -ytet'W difpute',who unartjmbulfy €nj$yri§d Col^ A'fhfield tq acktb^tedg'Phis Fifft,' and %q as& |hg Comrmffary GeneraTs Pardqi for the fame :¦ :- . < 633 ) , ., . Bit their Endeavours herein prSved ip^eftual, for the Colonel denying that he had offended the Commiffary General, refufed to .defire 'Pj^ Pardon. Another thing happened ^about the fame time that proved "Vpry. difadyaritageouS &> the Intereft ,9? ^f Richard Crohtml !." For a certain Irtferiour Officer having pUblickly , mur mured at the advancement of fome that, had beenfCavaliers to Commands in the Army, he Was carried to Vffhitehd to anfwer for the fame. Mr. Richard, Cromtoel, befides Sfher reproachful Language* asking him in a deriding manner, whether he would have him prefer none but thqfe that were Godly ? Here, continued he, if Dick iti^0\d$\Sy who can ^either pray nor \pre0h, and 0et f ' will Jruii hini before ye all. Thjqfe imprudent,as well as irreligious words,fo clearly discovering the Erame and Temper of his Mmd, were fqon publifhed in the'Army and Gitybf London, to ifais grelt prejudice. And from this time all Men among them who made hujt,the leaft pretences to Religion and Sobriety, %egan to think themfelves unfafe whilft he go- :Verited, and thereupon foon fqrmed a Refolu- Ijtiqn to ufe their utmbft Endeavours to divide the Military from the Civil Power ,and to place Ithe jCorrimandtbf the Army in Lieutenant Ge- menl Fleet f pf d., ¦ | The Waffogfird-Roufe Party finding them felves abaridqrted/by ,}Ar. Richard Crqmw/et. ,-, *nd' bellg very deprous, if riot to get the whole "5"^f t "iritq 'theif 'Harid's, ¦ yet at leaft to preferve \®iat render | a Corrj of their a mx i| weft alrea^poffeffcd of, and to J:}ves>M^dMe.$ defired to renews ence with the Commonweal$$$ to that end ordered Col. ilf^^bip ernrjerSj, to let me know ? that, Iff! would gb to wMm^d^aafe^, Traould me# with a friendly Reception froni the Lieutenant General arid the reft of the Compaays \ Apr Ibrdingly I went thither, a^d, perceiyi^them^ to agree that the Measures then taken 'would inevitably brings in the^Corririion; Eriej^ I could not forbear telliipthem that tho'l was heartily fPriyfor the faid ^ Conf^ene^fuch^a^ Revolution might bring upon . tne#Pe|ple ojf England:, ye|with relpe& to themfelvdSj^be^ had merited%hatfOeVer had alrea#y*happep'dv, br was juftly' to be feared, in that they bacfad- vanced a fpgie Perfon over us, whffjfitw^ija their Pbwer to put us into a fill Pbf^eiIipr|ioJ, our Liberties. However, ; that I prefuriiei,;:# was not yet too late, if they wopjd \K$Sfrt to joyn themfelves to that part of the" Armyjwjti|s were well-affected to the Cqmniony^ei^^, and>who in conjunction witfe them would ta all appearance, be enabled to reftore that Gq^, verrtmenVwhfch had coft the Nation fo mucn Blood to eftablifh. I told them t^at it wqujp be convenient to give fome Earne|Kqf the Sp$T cerity of tbei^Re^ otode^ to recover thatiTruft and Confidence from, this Commbrlwealth-Party j ^ which # Was pecef& ry to opr prefent tjnfortakt|#$ and to th|i v'v>" vfenm end ^bpb&i that they would fupport %&o\ *ic- fend ^Gbl, Ujffteld, who was like tofu|fef for ¦his: Alect|on^tO the ^pge^ealth. ' !;:T% acquainted me,( that theyhad already appea|M for£t|te Colonel , and prbmifed * to pjqJ him th§ Jpf^jiices-they dbuld in, his Affair, yet ex^ Jtifled anuriwilMpg&trs^torum fome qf their Tjf§|nds' who were of Mr. CrowpeVs Party , |pd parfcidirar|jr named CoL > Whdlejft t replied that if Col. ¦W'4£p was fo gopd'a^laii tod©* ferye that confederation from them, I perfwad- %d ^my;.|elf he would: riot oppofe them $ but|f he wile otherwife, they could not juftly be thought wortli^^f the Honour of feeing ini- plqyw'ln the 'Refcue q|tunity to petlwade^him of the) Nfeceftky of ^ffiP^a jGenerli Couricil ; of' (Micet§i vipiorder to prefept 'fbmdthihg tbt||| Houfe for the Regulatiqff and Maintenap^'of the. Army,: he not- fufpe&ing their Defign,* •¦ cbrifented to the Progq^|i^n?:' and bavlrig- iffuea;v out an Order, to that pu*tjgfe; a <3eneral*Goun^ 41* of Officers; tneti Both PartfeS endeavoured^ tb itake advantage of this ^Meejfeg, and thej lighteft VefTels beipg pjuallyi molt nqlfy , . th|f IrlUg; Officers firft moved that <>t|ff$, Councif would p||||iqff the Houfe, that the* Pr^t|M might be deckrediGeperil of the [Army|^af the only' meapa to put an dnd/to tti$ Divjfiqnl ( *3? ) J vpeye, amoagft them: But thls.Mt^ioa fqupdfq Jittle; ApprbbatiPnijrt|at the HCbja||- ^agty began to 4oubt of their Succefs at this irjg,: apcLhacf mucfl'more reafon fo to. do, '^en' thtey j lieard the'/Hqm that, was given *^bn aftqpoBtiqnlfia^tqthiseWcf,; That it ^puld be more ^vjintagepps#o .they Army, „apdn;ore-Cpnduc*P^rto the gqdd of : tbJe/Na- tip, Jif^the Miliary and Civil Power night f)Iacecl in different Hands, that : rthe one Ifnight be ajajlapce to the other. The Tem per and Inclinations bf the Council, being thus . tried, they were adjourried to another day. la . tlie mean tipielhe Party of Wallingford Hopfp Ipegmrifrig to appear more publick ty,, Coh, Def- borough and Col. Sydenham fent an Officer tb 'defire me to :g|ye them a Meeting in the Cham- s^wbd|e^the <&mmittee fopthe Army ufual- ly late^ arid ' jer bring -w;i|h*me two or,, three ^Per^pnSj^in whofe Affedphs to the Publick 1 ad the rhbft confideriee. Accordingly,! made ice of Col. tyixwel, andi my (CqpJp?Mr. Wop,; and wjth them went to the. Place ap- Ipted, where our Difcourfe tended chiefly [tS^i^e'reciprocai^fFurances of our Refbiution .to !jqinttqge;theri(in. order*q|mmqte the Publick i9#cL prbpifing to uf^our Endeavpqrs to - r e- moyHall^OHbtsand Scruples that might re- ;mafft|n any^bWus, that^y a mutual Truft and- ,Con|dehcedireadh other, \wef hiight be fie h etlafofed ¦ to J&IJept^ thef ¦ Rejgrn of Comraqp EneimyrTThe /econsf tune the General .Igpienl. Council of Officers met, the^fenta ftep farther., and declared the|^M3Mrehdriibns, That thefComtnon CauM, roas^^^tq.be rwtiegl hy thSSuhiiky :^and,A^^es--off^0^'^..^ad neve? been able to do it by openfFprce ;- an<^htdrefofe depred that the|i)ommand" of trie Amlf mi£ be infiufted tb the Care of fome fit Perfo in wiofn thef mTght allcb%fide>; This Prbp^ fitibri found fq general an A*ppjobatiop, ^J||^ it was impdfEbie^for the Courtiers, to refift'rnc Stream, andipj the Meeting was adjourned to another Day. ^ in the mean time ^x.Cronfjml and his Party #dre exceedingly alarm'd at j^tfe Proceedings 3 and not daririgyto truflta their Own 'APt^ity in this matter, they cohfrivedtt fo as tq d|)fage the Parliament in thei|pefepce« Accordrajgly fome} Menibers of the fpmnions:.,, Houfe charged ||je Councik wife, mutinojp Words there fpoken, againft the^^MgmmdiJ'*, and agaipft .the. ReSluriops of the^arliament it felf. This Accufatibl|was fo well fecqrided^ that t|e fibu^refolved tp ' M^m^ theS^tr^^ arid to that end -pafTed a -jlote^^^ihe'Offi'e^ ofthe Army fhould npmprpjnteet it? a^eneMiC&^L cil. 1fei for ajl this|they met agat^at the* tlfe l^ointed^in bjd^iqj proeeed^p their ! %ut .the Hbu%'haying»|iotlce,bf iit;; : ..ape very: defirouls to dnfble Mfe Qonf$jjjfl to 'rt^akf.. their Vote eftd£tuai, declar§yiyhin#tO beCene- ral of their Army, authorizf the Offtels to^tfer ref-^1 to fcive Ci to re? move from their Cbmfriands fuch aslhould dife "oldy*. ©bey, and to ^lacebthers in the room of Itliern; They alfo voted it to be High Treafbri in the Officers to meet -in: Council Contrary to*tleir Order, ^andpromifed to caufe the Arrears^ of thofe thaf* (puld yield Obedience,- to be fortftt- with paid, with affurances to take care of therri for the future. Mr. Richard Crommlhvivoig notice of thefe Votes, iriimediately wept td the place where the Council of Officer? was ifenbled 5 and having informed them of what had .paired, tie told them that he expected their §refent Obedience; \ Jhe Officers, not belrf^; idn prepared to difppte his Commands,; with-? drew themfelves 5 hut the cjbief of them con* tinued their ) l||etmg|$in, a more private" man ner, *ty^\%&%tefk}f: allii-'hiearis imaginable to i^i^tj^Mt^cMird Cromjpel \ to a Compliance with. them : ;burjhe relying -bn the Strength of his new Biend^ refujed^ Kearkeptothem 5 3/fhit they perceived it to be high time to pro- pe for, the Security; of themfelfes. Information lingj|pdp;at. Couftf thatlbirieming extraordi- vnary^s^ in|i^it|ijtiqri,the Protector Richard fctit fa 4lie$fcge .fd^t^t: Gepfr|J[ Fleetwood to come to jhim^ but the jMef^nger||e|umed withquf- --tapt^nlwer. Thdh • h^:.«^d fome of', the ©jjard .-|qs,be fent for?Mr^but they-defired to : ||>e j#xettfil. The Lieptepant ^General having Notice* of this^^^n^ retired tb St. James's , ^wherft, ::mMy plpfe--'', of the i Army jsefort- uin||- fo/M^ ^ it was €opclpded net ween them , that the tirade 'Army fhould rendezvous at -,^: , '¦ "St ( $9 ) St.^Jdntes'^ The News of th^Refolutiori* beingrbrought to Mr. ^r^wel , he alfo appoipt^ ed.a Cbunter-RendezvoUz to .be, At, the fame firr^f^tPhitehal. Accordingly Col. Qough fent Orders for hjs Regiment to marc^to^i^^ $ butthe Major had already prevailed, with them to draw tq St. jM^'s.Three Troops of Colln- goldsby's Iforfemarcb!ed'aifo to St. James s, With, part of two more $ fo that hdfead only opeeptirej Trqqp.of his r\|gimerit;tq ftand by runji- Col." JVha^eys Tftegjment bf Horfe fqr the moft part leftihim3aifl went off to St.7<*^J's,whichhe fee- ing{qpened:hisBreaft,aud defired them to fhobt him; Col. Hacker's 'Reglrp^rit of Horfe being drawn up- near ^heapftMi f-Mr^Cri0twel fent: a, Me|iage ; to, the ^lo^ej^with'an Ordeito re-; quire him forthwith to marcb'tolWzVc^ 3 but! he^excufed nimbly and faid'/thit .he'Jja4?,rfe ceiyed^ders from iieutenan|. General Fl$e$fh, wood' io' keep that/Pofr. 'MariyAlfo of Racl^ard% own 1 Guard went, to Stu James-s, and.mofkor thofe that ttaid^with-him^ded^i^djthey* would not oppofe any that ^uld cotoeltq trj'em by. Order ' from* Lieujen^j Oeneral ''^'Flee^o^^ Thus here was a General without any Army, and divers *grdat- Officers without SouhJJejcsi who having bo^ed Of .their Int?^^ Jn the Army, and haVirig thereby led: the^Hqufe intaj their late ralhjProceedifJgs, &npw beipg 0tewjjp difappointed in their Ho.peJfanc| Ex^dTiatio^: knew not what tq advife, or what * to do.»/A-^ bout Noon Col. D^borougfy went , to Mr. R?-f -4' chard ¦ {6^1) chard Cromwel at Wftitehd, and tqld him that if he would diifolve his, Parliament, the Offi cers would ¦ take care of hurl 3 but that, if be refufed fo.to do, they would dp it without him, and leave him to ffiift For hirrifelf. Ha- §«lg takeri a little time toconfiderof.it, and rinding norther way left to do better, he con sented to / What was demanded. This great Alteration wasMde with fb little, npife , that very few were alarm'd at it. The next Morn^ "ing the Houfe met, and divers*Menibers7pade extravagant Motions rather ;x, as. was fuppbfdil, to vent their own Pafftbris , than from any hopes of Succefs : For wWt^Vef were the Re solutions that had been made by the.Coui-t- Jarfto; they cbiild not fuddenly be brought: to a 'Vote, becaufe the contrary Party was cqn- mderabty jfocreafed by this change of Affairs. rFew of the Houfe knew of the Refolution ta- sken' to pu|,a Period to them, of if they did, J^ere unwOlirig to take notice of it 3 fo that, when the Ufber of the Black Rod,who attend ed; the othet Houfe, came to let i$ie Serjeant at Arms know that it was' Ihe pieafure, of the Protector that the Houfe^ of Commons fhquld, Mpdnd him^afethe.other Houfe , :many of them ;#ere.Pnw|llip^-to admit tne.|$ef jea'nt in^o. the. Houfe to deliver, the |fel3Sge ^ [mortwealtjh Party*' ¦, demanded, and obtained that He ffeorild :give the' HOufe an , account of What tffe^^Ifman of thVMack Rod had faid . fb'him. The Ifffembly being Under this Con- . T t ¦¦ fufion, C 64? > fufiqn, adjourned, themfelves till eight of tpe Clbck the next Morning, but care was taken; to preveitf/ their meeting again by -publifhing a Proclamation, declaring them tb bediflblved , by fettin^'aPadlock'onthe Door of the Houfe, ; an#1 by placing1 a Guard In the Court of Re- qriefts, With Ordersto refufe admittance to all thofe that fhould demand it. The Army hav- ; frig broken this AfTembly , were not fo.; una nimous in refblving what ftep to take next. The chief of them were ffioft inclined to patch, up, fome Agrfeefnent with Mr. Richard Cromwel, * if they cOuld effect it with advantage to themt felves. In' the mean time they permitted the Ordinary Courfe of Juftice to run in his Name,, whilft they themfelves difpofed. of the Offices of the Army at their Pleafure; removing fuch^ as had appeared active againft them at th.e time)''' of their general Rendezvous** and filing the Vacancies^ With their own Creaturej^ They took Major General Lambert into their Coun cils, and reftored him/ together with CpL Vackjr, and Capt. Gladman, to their feveral Commands. Sir Charles Coot went poft for Ireland to carry the News of this great Altera tion to Col. Henry Cromwel, and to confuU| what might be ,m$e. to continue their Reign.* Col., Henry IngoMsby haftned after him oh the farneaccount 5 and foon after their §| rival, al| pofuold care was taken to maintain themfelves.' To that end Sir Charles Coot was fent mtqCon- : naught, Lieutenant Col . Flower into Differ, the Lordf Lord Broghil into Munjier ; and the Troops they moft confided in yyere ordered to march towards Dublin. This being done, a Council of Officers was called together . by Col. Crom wel, and a Propofition made to them that they, would declare themfelves*, ready to ftand by and defend Mr. Rkhard^omwe% whfch they declined to do at that tipie, defirein^to> fee what Courfe would be taken by the Armf in England, before, thy fhould declare themfelves. In England^ there were not wanting fpmewho endeavoured to fupport this tottering Govern ment 5 but finding themfelves hopelefs of Suc- cefs ?n or about London, they refolved to act their parts farther off. Inw order,- to this, they made choice of the North; principally by rea fon of the Neighbourhood' of Scotland, where the Forces were commanded by Colonel OeWge Monk.,, * Perfon bf an ambitious and covetous Temper, ofloofe, or rather no Prin ciples, anp\ of a vicious and fcandalous Con versation. 3 The chief Inftruments made pfe of in this ' Defigp were the 4-ord Falconhridg and Col. Bowar^^who, tho* they had attended on Lieutenant GenepL Fleetwood, before they *bJgan their Journey, to affure him of, their Rfjfelutions to aqquiefce^ yethad boths tam pered with their Regiments, in order to fit them to their p^poJe^andL alfo held a Corre spondence -with '::Cop,,0fftt£.i. who was not a littie/ufpect-ol by tHV confederated Officers of WBfngford-Houfe. ' T t.i : The r. John (fwen having defired me tb^give him a Lift of their Names, I delivered him one 5 wherein I had marked thofe who had fat in the Houfe fineethe Year 1648. and were yet alive, amounting to $ie Number of* about one hundred and fixty. The Doctor having perufed it, carried it to thofe at Wallingford Houfe ^ who for the.ReaCoril fee- ^re-meritioned appointed a Committee of their AftociateS to treat with fome Members of that Parliament, in order to a clearing of fome Par ticulars which feemed moft confiderable to them, before they fhould proceed to a final Determi nation in this great A€air. The Place of Meet ing was Sit Henry Vane's Houfe at Charing-Crofs $ the Perfons of and from the Army were Majorr General Lambert, Col. John Jmes^Col. ^0ey, Col. Berryfec. Thofe of the Parliament were, Sir Henry Fane, Sir Arthur ^flerig, Major galo- w'ay, and my felf. The Tilings demanded by thofe of the Army were,, : 1. To be fecured by an Act of Ipdemuity fpB what was paft. Tt g 2. 'That i 6# ) 2. That fome Provifion qf Pq wet .might; he made forsjtyIr. Rrchdr0r^mwel, as. ; well a$ fof the Faimeht of his Debts, apd,- future ' Sub- fifteple in a plentiful- manner1, .l&ey having pro? mifed to take care of hirn in, thefe Particulars. 3. Tbat what fhould. ftarid in need of ^Regu lation both in the Law and Clergy, fhould be re^mie^l and aniijnded. . • * 4I That |he Goyerpraent of the Ration fhould be by a reprefe^tiy* of the People, an4 by a (elect Serjate. For the firft, it was thqught reafonable that fome'thing of that nature fhould be done, as well tq gratify thofe who would contribute to our Return, as for pur own future Peace an4 'Quiet/ , , .¦„... w Touching the, fecond Propqtltiqn concernipg a Provifion to be iriade for Mr. Richard Croith wel, we faid, that tho' the? Parliament and N||, tion had been greatly injured by the In'terrupjfr op 'they had receivedj ; yetifeeing thofe who were at prefent in pofTef|pn of the Power ha*! engaged to make fome prpvifion for him & we were, contented for our felves, that thofe Debts, which he had contracted on the Public^ Ac- count fhould be paid, that fo he might be ena bled to fubfilt comfortably : But that we could by no means confent to "continue^ny part of hif late affurried. Power to him, nekber could we believe that fuch a Prqpofition would ever be hearkried. to by the Members of the Parliament ?f they fhould come together. .' ' ' The m< «47 ) The third Propofition was eafily agreed to, all of us declaring that we would ufe the1 ut- moft of our,endeavours»to rectify and reform whatfoever fhould appear to be ariiifs either in Church oHState. In the fourth Prbpofitiop we found a greater Difficulty, not being all of the fame Opinion with refpedt to that oartof Relating to the Senate. Whereupon finding that out of a€)e- fire to avoid any thing thatciight prove an 0W ftfudtion to the Return of the Parliament yof pqffibly from an Inclination in fome,to the thing it felf, there was an Intention by a general Si lence about that Matter, to give them hopes of our Compliance: Therefore that they might have no juft occafion to fay hereafter, that we had dealt doubly with them, keeping fair in that particular before our Adfniflion, and after we were admitted, declaring againft it 5 I thought it my Duty toilet them know, that If by a felect Senate they prtderftoodf a lafting Power, co-ordinate with the Authority of the People's Reprefentative, and not chofen by the People 5 1 could net engage to promote the Efta blifhment of fuch a Power, apprehending that it would prove a means to perpetuate our Dif ferences, and make it neceffary to keep up a Standing Force to fupport it. But if they pfo- 'x pofed to erect fuch an Authority only for a Ihort time, and in order to proceed with mora. Vigour to an equal and juft eftablifhment of the Commonwealth, I prefumed it might be T 1 4 very ( *4& ) very^feful, ¦andtha|-,% Pel|lei«rQJal*l really acquiefce whep jr. fhqRl^,'i be evident that ; it was. depgned to nolpjrher e^d than toigreveptthemr from, deftriSpjag themfelves, and not to epflsve. then$to any Faction or /Party. After fouf? or fii$| hours Debafditopcerning thefe Particulars, 'vyer defired them > to , confider that . whatever hajd>been faid M| us in this Conference , ou^ht only to be taken as proceeding from private Mm, and that we durft not prefunl^to pro* rrufe ; The i Speaker;, who had been lately at Court, where they had pre vailed with him to endeavour to render this- De fign, which they feared above all things^ ip^ effectual ; fandjon the other hand, being unwil- |rhg;to lofe his late acquire?! Peerage , renewed his former Excufes, with this Addition^that he was not fully fatisfied that, the Death of the late^ing hadnotput an end to the Parliament. To this itwasajsfwered, That by a Law made by an undifputed Authority, the Parliament could not bebiffolved without their own Con fent, which had never yet been given. And- therefore they defired him, as he valued the peace apd Wa|)pine|s of the Nation, to fepd his Let? C ^50 ) tersto fuch Members as were abdfcit theTPwn^ requiring them to meet the next Bfornirtg^in the Lords Houfe, in order to refume theta Places in ^the Hou^ of Commons* fo foon as they, mi^it make up a guerum* He repl!df> that he could by no means do as we defired, having appointed a Bufinefs of far greater Im portance to himfelf, \wijich he would not omit Onany.accounti becaufe it concerned the Sal- Va&bmof his own Soul.*> We theli prefled him to inform us wbat it might be: To which he anfwered, tjhat he was^reparing hirnfeif to participate of the Lord's Supper, which he re folved sto take on the next LOriTs-day. ' Upon this it was replied, that Mercy is more accept^ ble fo God than Sacrifice, and that he, could not better prepare himfelf for the afofefaidDP- ty, than by contributing to the Publick Good. But herefolving to perform fonie part of his Promife to Mr. Richard Cromwdl, would not be perfwaded to fend Letters tq the Members,1? as it was defired. So that we* found our felves obliged fo tell him,tnat the Service of the Pu% lick had been too long obftructed by the Will of fingle Perfons ; and that if he refufed to iffue out his Letters to the Members, we w§ufd caufe it to be done by other means : And there- upbn gave Orders to fuch Clerks as We then, had there ready for that purpofe, to draw Di rections for the Meffengers who were to futri> mon the Members, and to divide the- Lipar mongft them, in fuch a manner as might* belt pro* r|cavi4|forf the Expedition of the Bufinefs. In tpe Morning about thirty Members beipgcqme, §rkl jthe Number increafing, continually, - Sie Spkker, wl|p had appq|r|^.his Spies to brf|g Sp word^hether weight probably make upaJHoufe" or not, being infpiraed^that we wanted vnot above three or four^ notjviftand- $pjr trie Salvation of^his Soul, thought it time to come tq us, and foon ^fter the requifite $unlber was compleated. Abqut twelve a 0qck, we w^ptto take our Places in the Hqu% Mr. Len$al our Speaker leading*the way, and the Qf&ers of the\ Army .lipla& the Rooms for , us, as we pafled through |he Paipted Chamber, tbe Court of Requefts, and the Lobby it felf., trie principal Officers having placed.theinfejyes nearefttothe door of the Parliarneiht-Hpi^ ,' every one feeming to rejqyce at pur Reftitutiqn, .and promjfing to live and .die with us. The fame day, the Houfe appointed a Commitee of Safety, with Authority to feize and fecurefuch +as might juftly be fufpected of airy Defign to difturb the Publick JPeace, and alfo to remove fpch Officers of the Army as*they fhould think fit, and to fill thtir Places with others, till the ^Parliament fhould take farther Order therein. The Perfqps cqnftitutedto be of thlt Commit tee wsere Sir Henry Vane, Sir ' Arthur Haflerig, Oeutepant General Fleetwood, Cp\. Sydenham, .Major .Saloway, Col: John Jones, and my felf. Thefe -.Wjere of „the Houfe, and to them were ijoyned from widiout,, Major General Lambert , : "' ' ¦'*"'"¦ Col. Col. Desboroup, 'arid Col. -Bering -The time1 appointed for the Duration of weir Poller was, if .' I riiiflake not, eight urt. > Jnforrnatiofi being given, to the €&n- piittee that Col J ^Morton Governour of Pottf- month had let fall fome Expreffions of Difcon- tent,ttthey knowing the Place to be of great importance, fent' down Col. Whefh^ who formerly had ibeen Governour thereof,' to take poffeffion of the#overnment of it 5 at which tho' the Colonel was much difturbed, yet in a lit ter to me written by him foon after 3 he allured me he fhould be very well Satisfied, if we would proceed to the Settlement of an equal ComiSonwealth. A Committee, for the Sea- Affairs was alfo appointed by the Parliimeftti who being informed of the Disaffection of fome that nonaged the Bufinefs qf the Admiralty to the Prefent Government, the Houfe was ear tieftly. piSTed to pafs a Vote for excluding them from that Employment 3 but at laft tbey were |revailed with to refer it to the Committee which they Jhad already appointed for nomi- fitittg QPrars,, tov propofe fome for that .barge. ;v T^he Committee having refolved to acquaint thd Perfons they, defined to propofe tpthe Parliament, with their Intentions* before- ha;fd,. ^nanded.of Col. Kelfey if he would ac-*" cept of it, and eafily; obtained* his Confent; th^they tplp^ihim they could not prbhiife him an^;other Salary than what he mouldes%- rongh\. efpecially confidering thit the way waf ftill'open to reconcile themfelv.esto Mr. Richard Cromwel, who yet remained at Whitehall with out making any Preparations for his Removal. The Officer s alfo under colour of enquiring into the Mifcanriages of the late Government and modelling the Affairs of the Army.; had fre quent Meetings, wherein greater care wis. ^taken to maintain their own Faction,, than to, provide for the Publick/Service. Itwas very" evident 'by the Lifts of Officers prefelted by them tothe Committee, that the Walling fordr' houfe Party was not fo averfe to the Creaturef of Mr. -Richard Cromwel, as they were to thofe who had been Sufferers on the account of the Commonwealth. So that Major** General Ove0 ton, Col. RtekCol. Afuredy an& Capt Bdfag; were? hot without great difficulty received inro" the Service. The Regimentiof Horfe that had been commanded by CoV Howard was; given to $ir Arthur Haflerig, and a diy qr twb vaftefi, it was propofed that I fhqufdbe 6blqnel' of tbat which had been comniaPded* by Col. Gough 3 ¦> Sir Henry Vane and Major SaloSuy eaiM neftlypreffingme to accept of it. *But being' un- ( 6S 5 > OJfwilnhg to intermeddle with any Emrjloy- dterit of Advantage under the Parliament, * that I might give my Voice in the Houfe with more Fi^edom ansd Impartiality; I defired tobe ex cufed. Having taken this Refolution, Sir A- thur Haflerig came to me and told me, thatun- lefs I did accept it, he would quit the Regiment he commanded; which he protefted to have taken, not with a Defign to make any Advan tage of it, being refolved not to receive any Pay; but only to have a Right to be prefent at the Councils of War, whereby he might be enabled to do fome Good,' arid poffibly to pre vent more Mifchief. • * Having weighed thefe things, and confidered that our greateft Dan ger* was likely to arife from the Army, the . -Principal Officers of which had been debauched from their Duty by Oliver Cwmwel, and had leap'd their own Strength when they obft met ed his Defign to.be Jpng ; That they had placed his Sori in the fame Power after his Death, and pulled him down again upon their ' Diflike of his Government; I confented to un dertake the. Command of the Regiment that was offered to me. The Parliament having many important Affairs under their Confidera tion, were,not yet at leifure to conftitute a Council of State; ; and therefore continued the Powers granted; .to the Committee of Safety fqf a longer time; and declared their Intentions to be, that the Nation fhould be governed in the way of a Commonwealth without a Ring, fingle C $i6 ) Jjlgk JSdrfip^, w^fojotfeof lmis.i\- They df« ^rdere^«t^iff^fefea( ChoukL be (Seared with #ll>GpjfoiB»ient fpeed for thejafe ^thc Publick $ theatre fhould bef taken of th^ci|ds and Fur-, njlniid: belonging to it, and thatthef Committed fhould take ca^; that Mr. Richard Cromwel pjght. have nqtke!qf thefe their RefblutioAsI In the meaptpie the Parliament took into thew Confidera|ibn what Pftwetsfand Inftructkaai were regiiifitgjforithe Council? of Stale} and voted ti^ir Numbf$ to?confifk of Thitsty que; wherfebf Twenty1/ one to be ,of the' Padiametlfy and Ten to be qf fuch jfepfons as were not Mem-' hers of the Jfcjaifew 1 'And the better to ffaew the,;CCH!ifideri|tion the Pa4iainent|^ikli;fol?;fMr. Thomas ¦.&to^£,Co|; Tho&fon 4 Mr. Robmfr Reynolds , Col. -mydrnfeitofi., Col. John $<^» jftfw/, the Lord Commiffibner jff^^^i Sir jf <*»/£/ Harrington, Col. Downes, aPcLlJmy felf. . Then to compleat the Number -often s who were to confift of Perfons that were tiot Members, they chofe -the Lord Warrifion, Sir Robert Hony wood, md Mr. Jojias Berners. The Officers of the Army were not at all' fPetfed with this Election, perceiving they fhould Pot he. permitted to act Arbitrarily, as- they defired, and therefore* fe]dom came to the Council 3 and when they condefcended to come, carried them felves with all imaginable Perverfenefs and In-* folence. They* fcrupled to take the Oath to be true and faithful' tothe Commonwealth, in oppo* fition to i Charles Stuart, or any fingle Perfon, which, the Parliament had appointed to be taker! by every Member bf the Council before he took his Place. Aqd becaufe they were afhamfd to own themfelves diffatisfied with the Sub- .ftance of the Oath, they pretended to be un willing to take any 3 yet profeffing a Readi- fiefs to prOmife as much as the Oath required* This .Diftinction feemed very nice to moft df us; but that there might be no Difference about Ceremonies, the Parliament was pre vailed with to giant Liberty tothe Council* to* alter the Engagement into fuch a Form as might give them Satisfaction. Notwithftand- ing all -which.Condefceiitioft they were hardly perfwaded to take it, and when they had dond -% they feldom came to difcharge their Duty at the Board, v Things- being in this poftufd, the V V - Eiid* .Enemies* to the Government thought it a prp- pif time to^ttempr fomething before a good Agreement riiightbe made between the Parlia ment' and Army : In order tb- which great Numbers of Arms were brought up by them in London, whereof Notice was given to a Com mitted of the Council of State. A Cheft filled with Arms was fent to the Houfe of one Mr. Overbury of Glocejlerfhire, of whichVhe glVe notice to Capt. Crops, who .commanded Ithe Courity-Troop ;• and the Captain having caufed the Trunk to be opened, found in it ten Cafe of common Piftols, one fine Pair with thd Name of one Hdrntan Barns the Maker upon them, together with a cqmpleat Suit of 'Armor. The Committee of the Council of State fent for the fa\d Herman Barns, and upon Examination; found him to have been Gun-fmith to Prince Rupert, and fq confuted in his Anfwers, that we thought it neceffary to fecure him and his Arms, amounting to the Number of two hun dred Carabines, and as many pair of Piftols ready (fixedj befides a great Number unfixed; tho' he. hadVaffirmed to us that he had no more than thirty pair of Piftolsjn his Houfe. The Cavalier Party having boafted*to divers Perfons that Mr >Howpf GloceSferfhirehad given to thetri; Ajffurances of his Service; the Committee fent for him to appear before them,; which* he did, and in hi's'Exarpjnation acknowledged ; that he - had. a certain number of Arms in his Houfej which he- had purchafed at the time of the late Dif- 0*59 ) Difputei between Richard's and theC6fcbn- ¦ Wealth Party, tharhe^might-be ready to ferve the Publick on that occafiop, if there had been: any neceflity 3 and had given affiirance to Sir ' Arthur Hajlerig and me of the famegoqd Inten tions. Hereupon tho' liquid nqt but juftify the Committee in fending for him, on account of the Informations we bad received; yet I thought my felf obliged to*do him Juftice, and accordingly informed the Committee, that bit the day of the Diffolution of Richard's Con vention, Mr. How came to .me in Wefiminjler Hall, and affined me of his Affection tothe Commonwealth, and that \vhenfti%er I fhould fignify to him that there was occafion for his fervice; he would be ready to hazard both Life and Eftate in the defence of it. . The Coun cil being fatisfied with this Teitimony, gaye prefent Orders for his Difcharge. Jn the mean time the , WaUingford-Houf& Party not forget ting their Defign^drew an Addrefs to the Par liament, and prefented it by the Hands of the chief Officers of the Army, that fo it might either have, a greater Influence upon the Houfe, or, if it prevailed hot there, that j.t might be; a means " to unite them all againft the Parlia ment. The principal Heads of the Addrefs were, that thofe 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 Vv2. be ( 6&> > befatisfied, ajrtd thatjie fflight have ten thou fand Pqupis^ by year .ad||M to his Revenue'*; that tbjj&: Goirdrnment of the Nation might con^ftof a Repreff ntatiye ,bf the People, and of z fele& Senate.; that care ,might be taken for the Paiment of" the Arpif; and that Liber ty of Confcience Ipight be fecurecl to all fuch who profeffed Faith in Jefus Chrift, and were not fcandalqus in ! their Pffonverfationjs The Parliament, gave^ them for- anfwer, That they would take their Defires into their fpeedy con fideration , and-'give them fatisfactiori therein as far as fhould be; poflible. And that for the future, no ]\/fap might have an opportunity to pack an Army to ferve his , Ambition, as had forn|erly been pradtifed; a. Bill was prepared and brougit|iri, cOnftitutingthe feven Perfons1 following, viz. Lieutenant General Fleetwood, Sir Arthur f^ajlerig, /Major General Lambert, Col. Desborough, (Ml. Berry, Sir Henry Vane ,, and my felf, to be Commiffioners for t|e No mination of Officers to be prefentedrto the confideration and approbation' of the Parlia ment. Another Bill was brought in to confti- tute Lieut. General Fleetwood Commander in Chief, and it was refolved that his Commiffion fhould continue during the prefent Seffion, or till the Parliament fhould take fartherOrder therein 3 and.in ftead of authorizing the Lieu tenant GeneEnl to grant CooirMflions to fuch Officers as fhould be appointed by the Parlia ment, it was ordered that the faid Commiffir ons ^ •' £66ij ons fhould, be fubfcribed. by the Speaker, and •received from his Hands, by which it was en deavoured to bring the Military Sword under the Power, or the Civil Authority, as Tit ougb.t to be in a free Nation. But Pbferving that thefe things, were; -greatly difliked by the Officers, .and knowing how niuch it import ed the very being of our Cafe to main^ tain, a good Correfpondence between the Par- » -.Iiament and. Army , I earneftly preiTed the Houfe not to infitt upon the Reltrictions be-r Tore-mentioned, efpecially conuV.ering that thfjjf copfifted rather in Form than Subftancd .• For tho' the time of a Commiflion be not exprefly limited; yet it can laft no longer than during the pleafure of thofd that give it.,' and if it fpould happen -to. Eds', ufed to the DeftrUctiph of thofe from whlrri it was received; it adtu- ally puts a Period to it felf. Neither- could it he thought very material, whetber a Com-? Ipiffion was figned by one Perfon to another, fo long as it , was derived from the fame Autho rity. Sir Henry Vane and Major Saldway were of the. fame Opinion,'' but Sir Authur Haflerig , Gol. Sidney, Mr. Nevil, and the Majority of the Houfe, 'carried it for, the faid Limitations and Rjeftrictions 3 and mapy of. the Hou/e began to entertain a^ hard Opinion of nie on the ac count of this Moderation, as if I had efpoufed l§he Intereft. of the. Army againft tbi Parlia ment. The two-.AdV being pafTed, it was ordered that notice of : them fhould be given V-v 3 to 0^2 ) to the Army, and that the Houfe expe&ed tf^t theCommapderrn Chief, with the reft of -tne Officdri^pf rqvei by the Par||i$ent, fhould takethei^Gbmmiflions from the hands qf the Speaker as he fate in the Chair. .Hereupon a Suntir of Officefs being fummoned to Col. .^sborougtfs Houfe to confult about this Affair, §ifa,Authur,iHafterig, defired me not tq fail to meet him there. The Council being met, dir vers Office^, and; efpecially thofe, of the, firft !Rank, opeftly manifefted their difconteqt a- '.gain'ft the Clapfesl before-mentioned 3 Major Gerieral Lambert faying that they, implied a Diffidence of the Army, and that they 'had\* no affurance that,, the Parliament would continue them in their Implbyrr^qts, '^hich^ he. faip, was contrary to the - Prqmifes .$aa'de' to therp, before the Reftitution of the Parliament., ,'jt was anfwered, that 'no private Perfons. eith^f could, or bad promifed more than to ufe their Endeavours in the Houfe to procure certain tpings to be dcjhe, and that jwhatfoever had been fo promifed by any of us, had been fully effected by the Parliament : For they had con tinued the Commands of the Army ip fuch ¦Hand's as had been agreed on 3 neither was there any colour for them to fpfpedt any Inten tion to 'alter the fame. Tbey were told that the Parliament could not juftly be blamed, if, the^ endeavoured td pfeferye their Authority that had beep fo eminently violated of late'; that it was our Duty, to judge favourably^ of 4. -y ... . .,. .... .-«. , v..- .-, .,., . c. - -'- "^ the Actions of the Parliament, and efpecially ¦ uncethey had given 'fuch evident DedaoPftra- tion to the World that they defigried nbt to perpetuate their Authority by a late Vote that haid paffed with the two Acts complained of, That the Parliament ftmdd be diftblved. in the Month of May . next enfuing : Whereby they had engaged themfelves, as they tendered their own Prefervation, to make a fpeedy Provifion for the fettlement of the Government, and the Security of the Common Caufe, in which the Officers of the Army were as much concerned as any Perfons .- whatfoever. We defired them to • confider well of how great importance itwas to thePeople of 'England to pfeierve a good Corfef- pondence between the Parliament and the Army at this time, when the Common Enemy had no hopes left but in our Divifions 3 that they would not. gratify their Enemys 3 nor difcou- page their Friends, by entertaining groundlefs ^Sufpicions and Jealoufies of thofe whofe In tereft was the fame with theirs. But notwjthv ftanding all that could be faid, the Diffatifa&i- on Of the chief Officers, who had another t Game to play, ftill remained, arid their Confi- 'dence to carry all before them was fo great ; that Col. Desbrough openly faid,thatlje account ed the Commiflion he had already,to be as good as any the Parliament could give, and that he would not take another. Yet for all this fufr fling Infolence of the chief Officers of the Ar my, who thought they couldhaye influenced V v 4 all j&fi the *#, ,.f Cql- Hacker with the Officers .of Bi|, Regiment came $e next MPrning by the Perfwafiqrisjbf^ir Arthur ' Haflerig; tq the Parlia- ment-Hbp^ and received their. Commiffions ftomft|e f. speaker according to the Prfe&iops pf thd A.ct. Theriext day, I was attended by the: Officers; of my Regiment, and we altoge ther received our Cqmmifliqns in the fame man ned The Ice Wing thus broke by, Col. Hacker and me, the reft 'of the Officers began to con fider better of the matter, and divers of them growing more moderate, ' came alfo, and took out their Commiflions, Lieutenant General* Fleetwood received three CommSfiions, where of*; qrife was for a Regiment of Horfe, another for a Regiment of Foot, and the third/appoint- ipg him to be Commander in Chief, 'with the Limitations above-mentioned , and a Claufe requiring him to obey; fuch Orders as he fhould receive Item the .Parliament, or -the, Council of State'." ' ' -v V :. '". Mr. Ridkard Crammel nqt removing from Wfjjitebal,r tho5 he received , a MefTage t© fttat end, Sir HewyVane, Sir Arthur Hajkfig^ 'Mr. Scot and * according to the command wd had from thg Parliament; attended him . there,' and received for anfwer that he would, doit >yith all convenient fpeed, But the Parliarrieni being impatient of his Delays, fept.the Chiej! juftice: St. Johns, and another Perfon to require him tq give them a ppfitive Anfwer touching jus Remdval, which he* did to their, fatisfaetion; de-r . ( 665 .) declaring his Acquiefcence in the Ptoyjdence ofGod,andhisRefolution, nqt only to fuBnik to the Authority of Hie Parliament, but alio ^o ufe the belt of his Endeavours to perfwade all thofe in whom he had any Intereft to dofo likewife. The , Parliament having received his "Anfwer, ordered 20000 Pounds tq be prefently paid him to enable him to remove, and paffed a Refolution to pay thofe Debts, which it was faid he had cbntracted on the Publick Account. fTtie Army in Ireland being informed that the Parliament was returned fo the exer- cife of their Authority, fent over Commifflr^- , ners to them to profx>fe divers things relat ing as well to the Civil as Military Govern ment of that Nation. The Council of State having heard their Propositions, prepared fuch pf them as they thought feafonable for the confideration of the Parliament; in particular, thofe concerning the eftablifhment of the Ar my in the pofleffion of thofe Lands which had been afligned them in Paknent of their Arrears; as alfo to eonfirm the Adventurers a&d others in the poffeffion of theirs; as far as might con- fift with thd^Rules of Juftice. Then $je Par liament proceeded to put the adminiftration of Affairs there, into fuch Hands as they could beft ptefide in, declaring the Government fhould be again managed by Commifiioners, as it had been formerly ; , and having nominated the Per fons tq ferve in that Imployment, they order ed the Council of State to draw up Inftfucti- ' N ons C 666 j ons for them, arid to report them to the Houfe, together with whatsoever elfd they would tpink * riecef%ryf to be dbne there. They refolved that Col. Henry Cromwel fhould be required to come over to give an account of the State of Things in Ireland, and empowered the Cora--' miflioners, brany two of them, to tafcecare of the Safety of that Nation till far thef Order.. • The. Committee of Safety having difpatched a Meffenger to our Fleet in the Sound before the Election of the Council of Stjate, to ac quaint them with the Reftitution of the Parlia* ment; .the Officers of thefeveral Ships affemr Bled, and fent an Acknowledgment of their Authority? with all pqflble Demonttrations* qf Satisfaction. ', Notwithitanding which,, being highly fenfible of how great Importance the $ea-Arfairs are to this Nation; we ordered fix Frigats to be eqqipped with all Diligence, and gave thg. Command of them to LawJbn,m&k\ng him at the fame time Vice- Admiral of the Fleet. And this we did, as well to prevent, an Jnvafion #om Flanders, with which the Cava- , lier Party threatned us,ks to ballance the Power bf Montague's Party, who we knew was no Friend to the Commonwealth. We treated alfo with Myn Heer Nieuport , AmbalTador from the States of Holland, that a good. Corre fpondence might be mantained between the two Commonwealths, and that an Accord might be made between the two Kings of Tkk- tnark and Sweden, who were then Enemies, by thtiorum in each Court. The Lord*Prefident JfSr.adfloaw, JSerjeant Fountain, and Serjeant Tyr- ¦¦*¦¦ ¦ ¦"¦ ¦¦ '¦¦ x" " ron (668) } rplf^ were made Commiflioners of the Broad Sljjal. And that the Juftices of the Peace throughput :#^&«^ might be fitly qualified for that Emp^bymerit, the Houfe referred to the, Committee of Nominations for Civil Offices, the Cbrifideration of that Matter 3 but finding this Work to be full of Difficulty, and attend ed with much Envy ; the Parliament, ordered the Members for each County to agree on a Lift of fuch. Perfons as they fho»lo)think moft proper for that Office,and to fet their haridsto each Lift/ And in cafe of .any Differencekof Opinion, the Houfe, \ upon hearing both Par- ties,deterrn1ned the Matter, "Col. Zanchey, Cql. Laurence, Mr. Auditor Roberts, and Major Wallk, by the Advice of Lieutenant General Fleetwood, drew up a Lift of Officers for the Army in IrelMl, and prefented it to tb^e Com mittee of Nominations, .and agreed to make it their Requeft, that I might be appointed Com mander in Chief of thofe Forces ; whether from an Opinion that I mould thereby be reni dred lefs able to oppofe their Defigns, than, by " continuing . my Attendance in Parlianient$ror that none of their Grandees could be fpared from their Cabals at WaSingford-houfe, is uncer-. tain. But true it is, that no Man was lefs defi rous than my felf, that I fhould h^ve that Com- ,,' mand; well knowing the Envy and Dfificulties; ; that accompanied it, ant having ample Expe rience how much eafier if was to undertake great Employments, than duly to perform the :. ' Functions/ (669) '* Ftmdtioris of them. Yet finding the Officers of Ireland, the Committee of Nominations, the Gbuncil ofiState, and the Parliament all con- cumrig' tbfdefign me for that Pqft; I thought mj% elf obliged in Duty tq accept it : Tho' I was refolved not to fuffer my felf to be banifhed thither, as I had been formerly by Oliver Crom- wekfbut to return to England as foon as I fhould nave done what might be neceffary, for the Se curity of that Country 3 to contribute mylCn- deavours towards the Settlement of a juft and equitable Conftitution of Government at home; and? to prevent thofe Mifchiefs -whicb>I per ceived the Ambition of the Army to be bring ing upon us. Having opened my felf freely concerning thefe Particulars t® Sir Henry Vane , it was obtained, that the Parliament after they had voted me to be Commander in Chief* of the Forces in Ireland, pafled like wife an Order; That when I had put the Affairs .of that "Coun try into a pofture of Security, I fhould have Liberty to return to England. It was my De fign at the next fitting of the Committee of* Nominations to move them to propofe that Sir Henry Vane iriight fucceed me as Colonel of that ^Re^iment which the Parliament had eri- trufted' me with; that he might thereby be ena bled to difcover and prevent the' ill Defigns of tile Army. But the Prebyterian JParty in the ~; Houfe," jtntoecrately after the Parliament had appointed me for the Service of Ireland, moved that Col. Herbert Morely might be made Cblo- ¦ :'v' nel (67o) neji: of my Regimen^ and carried, it. Divers Officers, who;had fajthfully ferved the Gqm* monwealth, and amongft them Col^icb.^ weue reftored to their Commands, tho' not without Difficulty: And that Major General' ' Lanjfyrt might be altogether inexcufable, if he fhopld act againft the Parliament, they gr^rifejfhirn a Regiment qf Horfe and one of FootSThen they gave Order for railing a Troop of Horfe fqr»th?ir own Guard, and gave the Command of it to Col. Alured, who had been a great Suf ferer ,on the accqunt of the. Commonwealth, and very active for the Reftitution of the Par liament. The Troop confifted of about one hundred and thirty chofen Men, nominated by the Committee, ajid approved by the Houfes Col. Alured fcrupled to accept, it, thinking it not equivalent to a Regiment of Horfe which; he Jiad commanded ; tho' the Pay was appoint-; ed to be the fame. Being in this Difpqfition, he came tb me,' and having propofed his Doubfcg,; I took the liberty to inform him,; as well as I *could, of the Honour and Ufefulpefs of that Employment $ and having afTured him that if, it were offered fo me, the Circurnftatices of my Affairs permitting, I would prefer it before any other Command; he :was contented to ac cept, it.*.. Our Treafury was Jo low, through^ the male- Adminiftration of, the lare Govern ments, that tho' our Plenipote|biaries to thm two Northern Crowns ^had received their -In- ftrudtions; yet they were, obliged to ftay a Fort- (6>0 Fprnight longer before they could receive the Sumbf two thoufand Pounds which had been ordered for the Ex'pences of .their Voyage; the. Taxes coming in but flowly, and the City of London terrified with the Reports of an expect ed Infurrectiqn, being very backward in ad vancing Money. Yet coniidering. the great Importance, of the Town of Dunkirk to the Trade and Navigation of England; the Parlia ment took the firft occafiomfthey could to fend one Month's Pay for the Garifon there, to Col. Lockfcart Governour of that Place, with In fractions to go on with the Fortifications, and to havda^gilarit Eye as well upon the French v as the ; Spaniard. They ordered'him to draw the Regiments that had been fent to the King , of France as near fothe Town as he could,being under fome fears that they might %e either de tained] by the French, br obftructed*in their Return by the Spanifh Forces. And having re ceived, Information that the Treaty between^ C|hofe two Nations went profperoufly on; they gave him Commiflion^ when he had provided for the Security of Dunhfrkjio go to the French Court • as Agent frorp the Parliament ; and if he fouricf EricourageWnt from Cardinal Maza- :;$#; to tike Upon him the Title and Character of Ambaffador, arid then to repair to the Place where the Treaty was carrying on between* the two Crowns. Col. Lockhart, according to his Inftructtoris, havirig put a%things into a good Condition at Dunkirk, and drawn the Englifh v . Regi- v( 672 X Regiments out of the French Quartets* de parted for Pdm, and being atrived, was very well received by the Cardinal, and f rbrn thence went to St. John de Luz, which was the Place of the Treaty. In the mean tirpe the Parlia ment being very defirousto reftore the Trade with Spain to this Nationj and being informed from Flanders, that the Spanifh Minifters were Willing to come to an Accommodation with usj caufed divers Subjects of Spain, whom Crom- n*/ had made Prifoners, to be' refeafed*, and would not fuffer any ActofHoftility to be u* fed againft thofe of that Nation. . ' The Act of Indemnity had been read twice,' and the Houfe was^s defirous to dlfpatch it as their Affairs would permit ; yet the neceffa^ time, fpent in the Debate arid Confidera^bp of it, was madt great ufe of, to iricenfe the A$ri$f againft the Parliament : Divers warm MotioM Were made for excepting fqme Perfons from tW' benefit of it, who' had gotten great Eftates by 'their compliance with the Ufurparion of OUv&f^ Cromwel, and abetting the advancement of his Son, and alfo to except thofe who had fold: Places, and received Money for them ; but the Chief Juftice St. John's hall fuch an Influence upon the Houfe$~ that he procured a Claufe to be inferred in the Bill to indemnify him for fucli Offides);asJie had fold in Cro$&el's time; which1 Partiliity I appeared againft' fo earpeftly, thtt I made/him therehr my declared fhemy, ther' I never had expected any findere Frieridfhip from (673) m him, becaufe he knew me tq^g, zea- us for the R'dgulation of the Practice of i^e ^aw, and himfelf an ObfttUcter- of all Endea vours to that end. The two Cbmmiflions of * >r G|ri|ral £*^e|f being prepared and ied by the. Speaker, he attended awhe Door 6¥the Hqure^in^rder to receive them; and leing adrriitted, he was informejl hy the Spea ker, That thePafliament haying a gbqd qpini- ori of his Abilities and Fidelity, had ihtrufted Jiim witn the Command of one Regiment of Horfe and One of Foot, for which he then by" tlieir Order delivered the Commiflions to him. The k. Major ^ General anfwered, That as bis own Inclination and Intereft led him fo pro mote the Service of the Parliament* fo the fblffatipnthey laid on him by fo ,grea| a Truft jjjjuljl cfoubly excite him tjp fidelity and O- pedierice to*. their Commands. And I hope, he it|iefi in^ended.^wha^he prbmjfed, tho'Jhe after wards^ proved an Inftjfum|nt of much Difor- dV and Corifufibn anjbngft us. Mr Henry Mjirii, a .Perfon of fihgulaf Affection teTthe ffiriimoriweatth.rmoved; the, Houfe that Lieu- nant GeneraT Fleetwood mi$ht be i made vRan- ger of ,§t. J#?|.r s Park, and this he did that qp pccafiqj ^igir^'t^.Arr4y'migHjt beo- mitted .; which^otiqn was>rda'4iiy conferited to by thd Pariiament:, Ana indeed the Lieute nant General, had he riot bep too muchlnfju- $|ed by#s Wife^rVe^ns,whQ^etendirig*' that he had injured pis Brbther-in-Law by eon- X x tri.buting <\674.) 'touring to lay jhiajafide, continually preffed hferi tbjjrresular Proceedings? in order to make him fp^e],f|ti^pctlbp, might ;ha^ve proved k Per{pB; :.a|v..,lfit; to, qqrnm^riii the Forces in Chiefy * as the Par|i§riient cornel haye > chofjg: Tho' Lam not able tq fee hq»ibe could have H||?^d him better, unlefs peiadyenture |y pqj contenting tq^ris ^dvanc^emerit |p the Protector- (hip, t|gn. to procure, him to i be removed wjth fo littld Detriment to himfelf and RefldjSHop;#ft his Family ; cqpfidering how great a Truft his. Father had Jbe^ayed, what. Difhqribur he had brought on^|he .Nation, what Hardfhips vpe had jtju| upqnw'mapy gqqd Mdnjfctq the-hazar|i bf that .jpft Caufe ..which had cop fp much Bloqd arid.Treafure of the People, k At this time the Opinions of Menyjeremudh divided Concerning a , Fqrm of Gqye|nmer«q be^eft|ibliftied among us. The great OHpSp; of the'A?rrny, as%faid- before, wet6 fora fe- ledt ftanding Senate tp be joynec|to the Repre- fentatiy e of f h$ I'^ebpk, . Others \ lajbburedi to have., the $uprdmdi1 Authority to cpn|ft of an Aifembly^jchofen- Jp^the Peppier and a Coun cil ..qf^at^... chpfen byfetfa.,(A'ffe|pbly to.be veiled with tijje , JExecu^ve Power,lajid4ccoupl- able to tha| ;^4cb- Jfhould next fpcceed, 'a0t which tipipi the 'llpwer of the faid ^Council fhquld determine. Sqme were debris to ha^e a l^pre^ People, donftantly fit ting, b^pdngeaf by a perpetual Rotatiqp. Others propofed that there might be joined to the •¦' C 675 ) the Pc$faty$:- AffeVn%, a fefeft' Nufflbet *bf Men in th& nature of theLalpedemoniaril who fhopld/ have a Negative Ip things, in ;the E;lJ[e||ti'alsof:the Government fhoul&pe, l^cerncf^ fuch as the Exclufibh of a fin^e lirfonV touching Liberty of Cofifdfecei Al teration of the Conftitution, arid other thltig's of the* laft Importapce to the State; %qme were of opinion, that it ^bpld be ptoft; condu cing to the Publick -^ar^fefs^ffl'th^d;^^ he two Councils chofen by the People^ the' qpe fo cbnfiffe of about three hundred, arid to have the Power only of defeating and ptopofing Laws ; .'ifehe other to be iri number abb|t/orie thoufand^ and to have the Power finally to pfe- folye and determine: Every Year athird*f#t of /each Council 'fb'go out, and others to be chofen in their places. For my own part, if I May% be permitted to declare my ;ppinionr ' I fbuld., willingly have Ipp|©ved eitbdr of ^d two lalfer Pro^qfltiofls ; prdfuming thereto ra: moft lively to preferve our' juft Liberties, arid tb render us aMppy People. *; , tjj^ome Members of thelQoincil of ;'• |fatd pro moted at, tbefBoard,- that the JParliatnefrt ifliould ,Wp6riove#to appdiit twenty of their 6§m Num ber, and ten of the Prilnjipal Officers, of the Army to cOnlider of a Form of GpV^rimerit *obefepbrtedto?trie Parliament 3' and if they ^ouh$%pprove it, that J then the whole "Army fhould be 'dfaWPfOut, arid declare their ^p- fent to it : whiCh^P^ofition, tho' it deemed ' Xx 2 , then C 676 ) then to find a general #LjMsobatibri, vdd ab%4fe^'"and the Parliament paffe$a< Refbiution that oft dvetyf the^orife' •u^buidgo:rhfjo1a'|fanlie dkercife of their Auilori^^tfe.t I peifwaded my felf he cquld riotthjnk that fuch : a fort of ' Men " deferveifthe Fav.oUr arid Confideration of the Parliament Equally with thofe who had coritribilgfiltb^ards their Reftilution, Ha ving fei#%i5sV Sir AMlFi^kr% joined*^ and (677X4 ... a«iditKe#Copverfation cbritinuing' blithe fame sSflject,' iSir MhurWrmip! Thaf^ the 'Act was as full arid ebnipreh^iiSSv'e as could juftly fee ddfirM;|, but the Major :tjeneral faid that it^ |||Pified^bthing, arid that it left them ftill at- Mercy . >. You -are, • faid ^if^ Arthur, ready to enter by a Poflern into #e C^jile, ..the Place, was immed^|ly|urrendred t& ninj.; ''Gpi;^^^ be to Ho V^jt/b^i. ^a^lo^fHft Irelamf^^^t€d Fof r mSm''^4^' 'bemji^arriVed, aecfu^nred' md: th the'lime thatf4fej dfefignedv to attend: the M^cilof State; vind'^efired me; thlat'l^pauM bf:; prefent"; hut tCouldnot1, Fbtftte Hbl#of W^ptM-Court %a#fftg; been ordered to be fold tl^t ' day ; whidilPfeee -I thought very convent*- erJfcfor the Retirement of thofe that werd errt- plpyed.ii: Publick Afrits, when: they fhonld be indifpofed, ; in theSftmmer^S^lbti; I refold vedf b erideavour fo'prevent thefSafe of it, and ae^f^ngly :pfqsu#M a Motion to be made at tl|§| fitting * down of cthe Houfe to that end, y^hicfe took effect as I defire^.; For this I was vj|§|£much bjamld by my gbid Frierl# Sir*l$|^ ryfmnk, as ;a thmg^wMcbl was contrary to lifretk.'- of a Cbntebi-Weallh-: ¦ He"-f»f fuch Placfes might juftly be accoMflM tl^^things that prove Temptations to A ops:;Men, aridexcdedll^leridto fharpen Appetite to afcend' the% Thtofffe * But; for my bwft ¦ i>arf, ai'("I"^as :frfed'from4nyt;firiffr3e^D« figtf; in this .^Actibn^ fo I was of opinion; that |h:eiTen3ptatii|h of Soveragim* Power would •;%"*"% »qHger itiorive to afpM"^by^thd' nip gairifthe Scdpter: which when brill* Swl J^ould fbbril made ufe of to force the Peopl^to frippjy the Waftftbf?tehan '$?> commodatidfl:.Cbl/J9e»^ ^&^^Bt0909X!? thd faifif (679) fame time' that the Chappel^bjlQngjne foj^ fej*houfe might not bejqldivbdca^f^it Was the Place of Meeting for the French Church, and this /Requeft was alfo granted ; but the Houfe it felf was fold for the Sum of ten thorifand Pounds. Then it Was moved that }fhiietal might be alfo fold , apd it was faid that three- feope thoufand Pounds might be had for it, in order tq erect new Buildirigsori the Ground where hvftands, but nothing wa^>.-done^W|t in this matter. ^ -. . ..'t,,;' ' •'"" 'V I^And now I began tq think it time to hafteji *lrjy Journey to Ireland, where my Station was aligned to me for fometime ; ajpdift order to my Departure, I received,,- four CopiitftiflSqris from tlie hand# of the Speaker, Jfa the Parlia ment had dirdfjfeed. By the^firft I was appqipt- ed Commandtr'ih ^Chijgf «of all the^For^es |n Ireland; the, feCbnd was for a Re^jmgQt^f Horfe ; the 4hird was fqr a Regiment of Foot, and by the fourth I was n%re Lieuj^r|a^t Ge neral of the Hqrfe. ^Which laft; Cqripm|ftiop kklmg rea;d before the Committee; of 'Ifb^ifg- Mons,hy Sir Arthur Haflerig, who in thisphoje Affair of regulating, the Army ,had feryed fhj parliament for Secretary ^i^fuf'^^B^ax^^ ^VpedM&gh- defired tlaf it; mignf be ex- plaifted now far it fhould extend J. f b$|^i$ifig fhat it might fatrench. upon the . J^bj^nand of the Hoffe in Mngfa^md Scottaiid^ whichjpme thor^the^df]gfleIrfor himfelf "But,Sir%- ¦fflajjfrrig declined to ^iVe him. any other X'x.4 »- AnFwir ir than thatit Was well enqugii Ihtbil' jmiflibS; a,. Claufe was infertedbi "which had .. ^^thd^her ..three, ;becaufe; not:" thou^feofbefbre,: requiring me to "bbej^ not-t onlifi&eiT Orderjs as I: fhould receive from the* Pmiament and 'Council ' of Stare, but alfor all; ftjpijas fhould be figrpfied to nsfejfropi time to tim|; from the Cbmm|fliqners bf nthe Parlia* rmdiit for the Affairs of Ireland. -Tl|jf I -was fo, far frbrp(d^iking, -that I ^prqCuredfanbtibte; Qrder, to be ^p^e^t^^e$Jjty. of .'tbe^A.rrpy! fhquld.be, iffued out 'by the ^mmifSoriers^ arid that no Moriay^ except only . for; Con-. tingencies, fhoMd ;tbe$flued -outjby 4hd Corp-!, marifler in Chit f. ^Having ;.#eMred my xfejf' for my Joumeiy j I took leave ><@ff#pfe princk GJp|rj^.qf thd;rAtmy^'Tand..J(an that- occafsisQ|p lfiolt,; earneftly Mkpqf&ed. of rEitutenant ¦Gene ra^ .Ip^^^ Major General Lambert, ¦¦-Csajjfc Mj^bimfg^ Cpl-Sy^epham., Cql. Berry and; oi t|ief$'$hat ;as they valued the good*qf the Ppib*. ii^ar^tjheir owft: Safety, they, would-be . ca£e- fui 'not tb violate the, Authority of %? PaiflaT mef t^ who I perfwaded ngpifelf were pp# s,s|,^. |do any thing that might tsnd td the I?|efer4aj|bris. of our Liberties $^'.we werettp ask it :\ Arid at my par^gwWith Sif Arthtt "J^tft^rig, Sir 'f%^r± -. Vane&Mt. H^^,Nmil, , Mr'.l-Scptf Mapri&tfayk and, fthdi&ftfoft my good: Ehends - that were JW[.dpb|Fs of the Parr Iiament?; T*took tl?e liberty tof^oftheiMOt to put ariyrintdEfee'flry Hfr^^i^ pporttbofe' ' Qf (68*) o&the Army, but rather tq gratify t&em, , In whatsoever they could, that if afterVall the! Coridefcea^ons and Favours of the Parliament tqthem, tpdy fhould befo unjuft andungtater Si to bffer '.Violence 'to the Houfe, they rfttghfc bfcdeft in^xGufable in the fight of. Gop)and Men. i;; Being^ on my way tq take Shipping for Ire- land,\ accqmpapiedby ,jC|ql_, Jdhn Jones, rand be ing come #s far as Whtfchmfhi, one Caoiy^Whet- tooy of ' Cfjejier met us thgre,, and informed, ustof a ' DefigrtH?- rife in and about that. Country by lbejrPre;sby|^rian and Cavalier parties in, con- ;jppctiop;;; whogayeout that Sir George Booth, the 'EA;r|,.$>f< $arby, the, Lqrd Ch&rbnry,:anc\or< lber> PejrfqBS of Quality andj Eflwe were con cerned wit^ttiem., yyehaf$qrdmg to our Du-. $y, imrpediaidly gave an Recount of what^we bad heard $hthe Coun^> of State^ and defired ftiem to ,iri(|uire, into^he ^matter. Then we pfpcee|Ied in our Journey, .a^nd, being .arrived ajt ffply-headv .we founds a fmall Veifel carrying aj3out rep ^pris, ;f## ^%^p by theCqi^iffib.T jiers qfjgke Parliament to tranfport mto Ire land, they buying at that time no $^0" greater .Force on that Coaft. Here we 'trier. my iCopfip Roger Ludlow, who wasthfnnew- ly^liandeifroni l^eh^i ^tfindingnis ready to ,| fejfW.a Commi^fiorjLers, iii the riext PlaCd to the €bair-riiari$ '-ijatiM that in all other* Places I flibftl#h^e the ^p^tddency. I returned them mf Thanks for the;vftbnoi:|" thdy; did me, arid ealrlelftly ddfired to be ex- pufedfin the laft Partlc^ar, ftaV&f always fe- clafdd; itf$- be -my OjpMbp; .thaikfie- MHtary ought to fubnjit tbthf eivp-Pow^r^Bifethey Jfeltf' ' me; ithat fiftde^it had' bee^^mMvti^ tbly^wbuld not. {^rklt-^'i^.'ffjiy^iiny more* about it. \ Then rddlivdrdd: fo them a Warrant frbm the:f€qpricfl bf Statd; aphorizing Mr. 'BfMdkwei 'ishid 'Mr.%^^'*tte;^fep^Trea^ furtli furers for Irtwtd, to charge j^r Bill of %i or|#herwife4heTreafurersbf War in '&&#&? with thirty thoufand Popnds for the Service 4ef IreltM:% Which having done, I went into anor ther Room, where* the Officers of the Army were appointed to The Officers -piping ^Mfrfatisfied #icVWhat T ha# *68t I diWffed them' for that Mk ' ?^ agai Gmge 'Booth, a1ria?th|l^##%aSifefeed;for tffe- -©ng.: ;%6tf wliih I |auf|i%h%Officets to fleet, arid taking info bui Cbrifideration hq# we might belt "prefefve tH6Pe|ce%f^e&«% and '''^^reritt'thf1 like ;iMil|Mefs-therd, wd'ilri% mediately dtfpatchedai many 'Officers ,asi* could be faired/ to fheir 'ftfpt&tfe GtfitlgeSf' Audi beCalfe -we swere nfider ;- thd^ateft l^rebd^ Sons f®r$WNokherk*9ms^wffc$mhe Scots' ';M"~ other 'difaf^ed? Pdffoi# were' - in r great """"%¦ 'aid •good TS; We -IthfMaj^Di^n^ ;W f . C «s > good Officer, to' coTSftriand fome T«)ps *f Hbrfe -that were in thofe Parts.*- WejlfQlvqd alfo'fofend foj the Lord* Broghil, with-Major garden and Major Po^rderi, two of his Offi cer^, and ito require them to give' Satisfaction touching Iheir Acwiiefcence under the prefent Goyerrimerit. AncPthat.I might contribute what I could towards quenching that Firel^iat had broken ouj^in <^g/^/?^,having received In formation iniry late Journey- through part of Wales,, Shat the fmall Garifons of Denbigh, Bean* marfs, '^afnarvan, and Holyhem^. were under manned* I fent over one hundred Foqt to be diftributed amongft them. Which ...final! Sup** ply came fo feaforiable, that it not only pre sented tJp/Enem from riling in thofe Parts ^ but enabffdjjhe Governoursof thofe Forts tq fend out Jarties to bring in Provisions for the Garrifons,^f which they flood in great need. .«£*pl. Bdmond Temple being at Chefier when the fuKrection /began' in 'thofe Parts, was«fe|zed the Rebels, arid carried before Sir %orge ¦$$Mh, who finding- thjit he was agoing to em bark for I%eli&%d, permitted v.himto proceed in his yoyage. * At his Arffojilie gav£ us an ac count tnatfCql. Groxtowwfap ^was^overnour of 9h$*r Ending it in^ain, to endeavour tojkeep theTowrtSfbad ma^e ^ufe'of th'etime he i had to^pp^yide. ajl J^irigs.fteceff^ryfto maintain the- ^CjPevtill -Relief Could befeajt. He fcq^ai nted JJalfqlftJbat thr ee or four /hundred of ij|b.^ne>- $es^"Horfe had . m|rtheds into the Town, qf Chefier ; not' f?(M6 X Chjfkr >*#hat Sir Georg^Bootk rriahdefin Glrft'f, and that the principal Pejfofl who' had engaged W^ih thlfii- were, the EatM was their Com- <@f the Lord Herbert Of Cherbury, .Mr. Lee isdMfi,znd Capt*' ;'MorgW:\ He added * •ing asked by Sir Ge<*ge B^ifnelld " o& any Rifirigin other Parts, and having informed him -that he had found all quiet on the Road from 'Loamfe Sir Ge0|g^demed much furprizedf*and difcouragdd, fiyieg^ that other PromifesBad been made to him. •/¦>' By the nexlaaccount we received f|ofn Eng land, we had notice that a Party of Hbrfe had appeared in Darbyfhire, tho? by the^ Vigila^le and Coiaragd of our FrieridSi in that Count^, they were fpeedily difpertcd or tajfen. We were likewife informed that the Earrof Staf ford had been at the Head of a^larty, accord ing to a Promife he had made to^Sir George Booth ;3 but finding them not confiderable, hd had,teither furrendred himfelf, or been? fe^fed without any Oppofitiqn.1 In Staffbrdfhire, from whence the . Enemy expected 0fat- Affi;ftajke;<, their Defigns were preventedbj^he Diltfjajjle °f Cbl. G^^i^and Capti Batfkptrjll -'.y> ^whb had fccured^tnei;ptincipal Perfqn^that wei^f^- pecled in that Ccrunt|:> Col'. Mfewasfe&ed at , a Gentleman s, Houfe in Gfbcefterfiire, \#\$i fomd Ammunition ;' andf by tb|t mda^sth<# Defigjis in the Weft were disappointed. Arid tho' there appeared about threefebre Horfe wlf$i one ;Baffet near 9B«thef and -about'' thfe«{ajj£ 1 . Number < X 6&7 ) Number near Malmesbury; yet wantirfg the Colonel to head them^and being informed of the March of the County-Xroop agaiflft tbjm, tliey difperfed themfelves. Some of thefe, with others from the Borders of Hampflme , went and joined the Body that was commanded by Sir tleorge Booth*. Sir Thomas Middleton \, who had made me a Vifit when I was going to jreland, and hadaffured mepf his Refoljition to continue ftedfaft in the Intereft of the Corri- monwealth, did, either thtough Dotage, be ing almoft|burfcore4 Years of Age, orthrbigh, the Importunity of others, or the natural De pravity of his own Heart, appear at the Head or the Cavalier Party at Wrexham, and' there waving his ,Swqrd about his Head, caufed Charles Stuart to be proclaimed King in the Market-Place. Which encouraged the Enemy fo much, that they immedjL%eIyfent out a Par ty to poffefs themfelves of Shrewsbury; hut tho' the Male-conte#ts were very numerous in that ToWn^and%ready to join with them, yet Capt. Tearing- with the J^iHtia-Troop, in con jun&ion with many well-affected .Perfons that , went to *him from;j^rex^»4,arid. fomd: others which he got 'together on a fudefen, prevented their De fign, andu^Cured that Place for the Parliament. "Ifhis was a great Difafpointmenfe to the Ene- .isay, not only becaufe it kept their Friends in thofe, Parts from riling, but- in a great meafure qbftructed their, : Correfpondence with the Weftern Counties. However it being reported that ( 0 ) that ."Coventry had ^declared ,r fqf tbem, theyjtd- Ceived . frefti Incburagenierftij and hoped th$ it rriight prove an q^ccafibri to divert thd *Londfm Force^\;.|rom advancing towards them *v afM were not without expectation^ bf a Party/|© appear for them in or about LondonM Neither were, then* bopslf in this particulaf withqut Jpftidatipn : For, the Presbyteriai Party did fo greatly fa.voqrjthjsabqmirtabld >-]$eJj^^|fetf^ ray,t9e,rw,hi^e '^^ifh',P^rt^-Vwas; likeivife en- gage^»that maayqftbem, thq^they coul^not bgjiiawn, to join in the dangerbus)||art of acting, agSfe f he Parliament, yet openly denied thejj; Afmtance tofupprefs the Enemy^ Qf 4*1**8$ was Col. Fotherby who commanded thdForeej in .the County of Warwick], jarid liadfaifihfuily ferved the Parliament to t^is time, yet now;: lie-' fufed to act for them. So that old Coloriff1 Purefoy, who had one Foot in the Grave, was obliged to undertake*that Employment in tholE Parts, wherein' he ufed fuch^piiltgenc|, 'ancT fucceeded fo well, thar'he' ker^the^ity qf Coventry and .the adjacent Cqunfry in the Obe dience of the parliament. Arid tho' the Con* tagion had infected many Within the CitjLof London, yet die Vigilance aridDiligirice c^the Parliament preyTeJite'd it from manifdffcing it felf inan,open',Rev^[t,by a timely feizing or frig||| ing away fuch as were mqfL dangerous to t&' Publick Peace. vThe Mefferiger toihacf befijfc fent to Ireland from the Council of State, brought Orders to me for o|g^ioufand Foot . and / 60d ,} five hundred Hlrfe, to be fent to 'tjftft -A# )te in Englatii£ AoiTtfy', cdDftderljp^d Poftu'rd of our Affairs, theSufpicfon we ''had of ^-'^^.--'t^NttH^fbf.thjB Irifh, and that rit of MVeBge they were pofleflsd with^ jether^with fhe. Condition bf our ownForcds^ wio had been debauching for fome Years from the Intereft bf, the Commonwealth, we feemed rllh'er to ftand in need of Relief from England, than to bdf in a Capacity of fending any thither j yet having received fuch Orders* |r|m our Supe- rloUrs, weWbebt it our Puty to ipbey' them. And therefore bj^the Advice of t|ie Field-Offi-i eers, it Was refolved to draw together |h®fe Forces that lay riiBft convenient "for Trahfpbr- tl^pn ,• and that the Publick Service might, not fwffer by any T^lay that could be avoided, the Cft^ifilol^^rs of Parliament caufed; an Im- bf||d to betfaid upon all the Veflels then jn the Harbour. Lieutenant-General Fleetwood ^avipg inalLertdr to: me, defired, that Colonel "r'^,amhey. r^htcommarid/the Forces to be fent from :Tw iJwtf I rda'dily cSMentedfo it, baring no Su- fpleion of any Defign concealed under that Re- queft j arMbeinginfoti^d by Colonel Axt'el, that he ^fb had fome importfrtl Affairs in Bnglakd^ w&ich he hSf4eft unfeitledj I af^qintedhirii fo cotSmand the Foot. Lieuteant.CDibuel Walker* IVlfPr, $##$^ M§f* Bolton, *iM%ajor (Bodf freyp 'were "the reft of thd Field^Officers. I or) dered; thlt thdP&rtjt to be trarifported to3$j£*' Imd, fhdWl#'W;lrfwn to Mbtk; and as Wff * tf a# <6$qX as a confiderable Jtomber of thertt were arrived there, " Orders were difpatched for their Trait- fportariofr, on afTuranee that the fpeedy Landing of our "Farces; from Ireland, 'would tend to t||y ¦p^c%uragement of 'bur Enemies, and great JJSflw cburagYment of our FriendV?' Having^ dral&i the firft Party^^bieh was to be imbarked/^o the Water-fidd',H conflfting of a|put four bun* \ tired, we caufed two Me^h* Payto bd ad* Vanced io them ; one to enable them to pay their Debts in; Ireland ; * the other was put? info the hands of ' Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, who Commanded them, to be delivered to therri » as foon as they .fhould arrive in England. The Officers, and SouldierSi iindertook the Serviice witlT all 'imaginable1 Cheerfuloefs ,• and one&fef the Veflels that was appointed to carry Captain Jacomb, and his Company, not being able to«ap* poach fb near the Shoar, as to make it confd- ? nient for the Souldiers to embark, the Captain put* himfelf into the Water , which his Men leeing, they foon followed his Example*? and all together, with the Sea almofl up to thd Shoul ders, marched through tothe Ship. -Thdf had a very favourable Paflage , and landed feafbna- bit in England : For it happened, that the Third JDay after their Arrival j Lieutenant Colonel Walker took up his Quarters at a Town in Car* narvan-fhire , where many difafTecred Gentle men, and others, of thofe Parts, had appointed to Rendezvous the next Day,: But fearing he might mine th Country, if they appeared in * Arms, Arms, they quitted their Defign, and keft them* %€sathome. The Parliament, though they had refolved to fend fome Forces againft Sir George Booth, yet they were doubtful to whom they fhould com- mit that Province. And whilft that Matter was under their Confideration, fome Perfons of the King's Party, addrefled. themfelves to the Wife of Colonel Lambert, endeavouring to per fwade her, to folicite her Husband, to be the In ftrument of the King's Return, with large Offers of whftfpever Terms he would de mand. She acquainted the Colonel with their Propofitions ; but he having refolved to play another part, difeovered the whole Intrigue -to i§k*Henry Fane ; who having communicated it to Sir Arthur Hafferig, and knowing there had bien fome late Differences between the Colonel, and Sir Arthur, he perfwaded them to renew their former Eriendfhip , with Promifes on each part, fo unite their Endeavours in the Service of the Parliament. By. this means chiefly it was, that Colonel Lambert was foon after appointed to Command thofe Forces, that were defigned fo fiifiprefs the Infurrectlon in Chefhire. In this Conjuncture, the Parliament fent an Order to fSgilionel Monk, \vho then commanded their For ces -in Scotland, to fend them two Regiments of* Foot, and twd of Horfe ; but he excufed himfelf, under colour of the Enemies Strength, andfTn- clination to revolt, tho' there were not wanting fome, who then thought, that his Engagements Y y x with ( 6p} , wjth the Common Epemy, were the true ReafbnS ofthatRefufal. \ And it is certain, that ajGen$jfe: man ff;Ojn the King had been witbbim ; and rjjo' whatjafled between, them was qot made publickt; ye,|,fince he did not fei^e hjm^ as it was his Duty, bjj|'f permitted him to return fafely , from^whence he came, he.may juftly be fufpecl:ed,eyerijEhentP have betrayed tppfe whornhepretenided toferve. The fecond Part K fled tq Cbefier ; but not thMtag thSrnlerees fafe there, „they went into BcHhWahes, r.'jpd the Town was delivered up to Colonel Lambert. Sir George J?m£&, after his Defeat, put himfelf into a Woman's Habit, arid with two Servants, hoped to efcape to London, riding behwifoife of them. • The, fingle 'Horfeman \ going' before , went to an Inn on the Road, and, Is he had .been ordered, befpoke a Supper for his Miftrefs, who, he faid, was coming after. The pretend ed Miftrefs being arrived, either by alighting from the Horfe, or fome otner .Action, railed' a Sufpicion in the Mafter of the Houfe, that there was fome Myftery under that Drefs. And thereupon rafblving to make a full Enquiry into the Matter, he got together fome of his Neighbours, to aflift him, and with them en- tred the Room where the pretended Lady was. But Sir. George Booth fijfpe&ing their Intenti ons, and being unwilling to put them to the Trouble of a farther Search, difcovered him felf. Whereupon they took him into their Cuftody , and fent him up to London , where the Parliament committed him Prifoner to the Tower. From the fad Cdnfideration of. thefe, and other *infuc6efsful Attempts , the Cavalier Party, and thofe that fided with them, began to defpair, and to give ijheir Caufe for Jbft, unlefs by Divifions amongft our felves, we fhould ren der our Victories ufelefsto us : Which fell out fooner than ^hey expeded. For the Officers of the Army',, whom nothing would fatisfie . N * '- lefs lefe thaa^ an Abfelure Tyranny over the Nati on, notwithftanding tjie folemn Engagement they had taken before the Parliament, at the tirrie when they received their CommifBons from the Hands of the Speaker , and all their Expreflions of Sorrow for their former Apofta- fie, fo often repeated in their laft Declarations j thefe wretched Men, I fay, contrary to their Faith, and the Duties of Common Honefly, refolved, io deftroy the Parliament, and in insu lation of their late Mafter, -Oliver, to facrifice the Gammon .Caufe |to their infatiable' Ambitids. In Order to this, Lieutenant-General Fleetwood moved the Houfe, at the time wben'they had received *the Account of Sir George tootb's^Qe- feat, that they would appoint Cblonel Lambert to be Major-General of their Army ; and this Was done, upon certain Aflurance , that Sir Arthur "Haflerig, and other Members, would endeavour to pbftrudi it ; whereby they doubted not the .Colonel would be fo far difobliged, as to be rea- <|y to joyn with them in their dereftable Defign. ;a|nd it fucceeded according to their Expectati ons: For Sir Arthur Haflerig, well knowing', that in a free Commonwealth no Mart ought to be Irufted with too great Power, and efpecially ijuch as had made very ill ufe of it before, pre-f •Vailed with the Parliament to declate, that they lyould not, create any^ more General Officers than fhofe^that were fo already ; which "Me thod tiey took , that they might not feem to put a Negative upon him in particular. The Ty 4 Lieu* ( %6) Lie^tepaiit'Cxenerri'- baying attained his / end id thd firft Motion, was encouraged to move again, that feeing the Houfe lid not thought fit to do as he hadp^ppfed, they would be pleafed. to pre fent the Sum of Five huniredj vdcl Thpftfind Pounds to ColPneli«Ly of the private Soldiers, and moft of tfaem debauched in their Principles by the late Ufurpation of the Cromwels. I endear voured to clear the Army of fuch as were moft guilty, and thereby hoped to reform thef eft. I alfo appointed fit Perfons to enquire into the Principles, and Practices, . of the private Soldi ers, as well Horfe as Foot; and upon full In formation, difmifled fuch as -appeared incorri gible, arid placed others in the room of them, of whojn we had better. hopes, together with as ma ny of thofe as we could, find, who had been ca fhiered on account of their Affection to the Parlia ment. Upon the News of our Succefs againft Sir fjeoftge Booth ,i Colonel Lmkart, our Ambaflador at |he Pyrenwn Treaty, began to be cpurted by the Spaniard, as he* had been before by the Fremh. 1 %nd our Plenipotentiaries met with good Succefs in their Mediation for an Agree- * ment (69*) ment between thd twb Nbtthern^Cfowm ; and the Dutch not daring to attempt What they had defi|jne|rfar the King of Denf^rk, the tWo Kings were in*a fair way to a Peace, tho' the Kkig'of Sweden bid expreffdd his Difcontent, that the two IS^mmoriWealths fhould form Conditians to be iimpofed upon CroWned Heads ^ But being told% Col. Algernon Mdney, that the Frtendfhip of Eng land was not to be obtained on any other Terms, he feemed to ic^triefce. But to return from my Digreffion." &^ - • ' * ¦ : In tbelvionrh'of Septembtt, 1659, a Petition came to my Hands,* that had been addrel$$ to the Parliament, from the Officers of that Bri gade Which wascommanded by Colonel Lambert andfigned from Derby; wherein they afperfed the. Parliament, for not endeavouring to fuppreifo the late Rebellion, with fuch Vigour as they ought, for not punching thofe who had been engaged in it, and for riot rewarding the Or ders who had defeated the Enemy, They prefled for a1 Settlement of the Government after their own Mode, in a Reprefentafive of the People , and a. fefecl: Senate. And for the better Difeovery of their Arbitrary Defigns, they demanded, that Lieutenant-General Fleet- frpod might be made Commander in Chief of the Army, without any Limitation of Time ; Colonel Lakibert appointed Major-General, Co lonel Desborow Lieutenant-General of thd Hoffe, and Colonel^fow^ Major- General bf the Foot. To whichthey added, that no Officer of the Ar- , (^99 ) ay fhould be difmifled from hif Command, qiriefs by a Court Martial; Copies of this Pe tition were fent by Colonel Zanchey iotot/rr- laud, accompanied, with- Letters, fo ddfirei Ihat it might be communicated to the Officers there, and their Concurrence procured. Being fenfi ble of the iU Effects that might arife from this .wicked Attempt, if it fhould fucceed |ccording to their'Hp-pes, amongft the Officers in Ireland, I fummoned as many of then* as were quarter ed near Dublin, to meet there j and being met, I endeavoured to convince them of the Defor mity and Hazard of this Defign of the Army, defiring them to remember how fuccefsful they had been , whilft they contained themfelves within their proper Station, and how all their (Attempts had milcarried, when they intermed dled with thofe Things that die! not belong to them ,- and that they would not forget how well the Army had been paid, as long as the Par liament had the' Management of Affairs ,- and how much they had been in Arrears, fince that time. I fhewed them , that the Parliament could nq| fail of coming to a fpeedy Determi nation, touching the Settlement of a Juft and Equal ©bye rament, fince they bad declared, that a Period fliould be put to their fitting, in the Month of May, next following : That the Na tion Would never endure to be governed by the Sword : 'That k was a meer Calumqy to fay, that the Parliament had not contributed their Endeavours, towards the fuppreffion, of the late •• Tu? (j&OJ Tffrhults j for nothing could have been * a£ tempted againft the Enemies , but by their Or ders: That: it wasmanifeft they had gracinVa thofe who had been intlrumental in that Service1, having" freely given the Sum of a Thoufand Pounds to Colonel } Lambert, and Two hundfil Pounds to Lieutenant-Colonel Duckenfield ; and that no private Soldier, who had been con cerned in that Action, might remain udrewfrrd- ed, they had given the Perfonal Eftate of Sir Thortids Middleton, amounting to abbut Three thoufand Pounds, to be diftributed amongft them. I endeavoured to perfwade them,: that the Commiflion granted to Lieutenant-General Fleetwood, was as full and ample as could juftly be defired; he being thereby appointed to con tinue in his Command, 'till the Parliament fhould find caufe to the contrary : That if they had re fufed to make mbre General Officers, it was be caufe they knew it to be unneceflary and dan gerous'; and that Colonel Lambert, without the Title' of Major-Gerieraji; had done as good Ser vice, as if he' bad been graced with that Additi on. Then the Council of Officers entred} up on the Debate of the Heads of the PetitiJn ¦$. from Point to Point, and after mature Delibera tion, unanimoufly declared thdit Diflike of it, and their Refolutions to acknowledge the Su- prerrie Authority of the Nation to be in the Par liament, and to ftand by them in the Profec^' tibri of the Common Caufe wherein they had been employed. $nd becaufe a Petition to that ' : effeC efjfct could not be immediately drawn, I fent a^ay the feid Refolutlons tfiat.very Day to S]r Arthur Hafterig, with a Promife of a .'far-;/ th^Deelaration as f°Dn a* P^bfe, refofving not tofflp|&^tbis Opportunity, out of a belief t|iat ouri^eeeidiogs > might be of ufe,, as well to encour|ges our Friends, a« fo difcourage our Enemies in England. , It may be pbferved, that in. this Conjuncture Cplpriel Monk fent alfo Let ters tp the Parliament, declaring his Refolution not to jojin in the dangerous. Counfels of the Army ; tjuf, to keep the Oncers that were under his Command, within the Rules of Mpdefty and O- bjedience.^ ; '.. ., fhe ^my not unmindful of their Grand Defign, perfwaded fome of their Friends in the parliarpent, to move, for an Order to conti nue Alderman Ireton, then Mayor, and one of th^ir, Confidents, in that Office for the next fuc- ceedingYear. And the Parliament feemed at the firft inclined to grant their Requeft, haying perceived great Difcontents amongft the Citi zens pf London, at the time of the late Irifur- re&ions : But the Spirit of Sedition being mubft alla^pj fince the Suppreflion of the- Rebels, the City j petitioned, the Parliament to permit them the En|ctyro£pt of their Priviledge to eledt their Mayor, iproiriiuog to employ that Favour, and all |bat they had, for their Service. Where upon "they were permitted to prpceed in that Affair acccrdfog to,Xuf|om ; and Sir Thomas Allen, a Man of a moderate Spirit, being chofen, ": - ',''""",' " / " .they ( 79* X they invited the Parliament, and chief Officers of the Army, tp a fplendid Entertainment, at Dinner. . ' r > By this tirne I had almoft cprapjeateft a Lift, fdf new Modelling the Army in frelmtd, in or der to be prefented to thd Committee of No minations i and thinking it rieceffary,, beforefny dtefarture fot England , to remove fiich Perfons as £ave the grdateft caufe of Sufpicion, I iMed their Places With thofe, in whom I might beft confide, and who had given evident Proof of their AffectiPn to the Publick. There remain ed another Bufinefs. of the greareft Importance, and wherein 1 found it difficult to come tb a Refbiution, and that was to appoint a Perfon to Command the Forces in Ireland in my Abfericfc1 IViy Inclinations led me to lodge that Power with the Commiflioners of the Parliament r But Lieutenant - General Fleetwood prefled me fo earneftly againft it, that I was prevailed with to lafafidethat Thought. Tils pro bable, that the Lieutenant-General was unwil ling to have it difcovered, that fuch an Office might be managed by more than one, left it fhould tend to the diminution of his own Pow er, he being Commander in Chief of the Forces in England, and Scotland. But the Parliament having made no diftinction amongft the Colo- nels, by any fuperiour Titles, I was much em- barafled how to proceed. Colonel Zanchy was the eldeft Colonel x and moft earneftly defired the Employment; but when I confidered his Carriage ( 7°3 > Carriage f in the contriving, abetting and pro mpting that bafe Petition lately~fent from^r- by, by the Officers of the Army, to the Paf&B- ipent, as I mentioned before,' I could not think bjm to be a Man proper for fo great a Truft. Sk.Hardreft Waller had been Majpr^General of the Foot, one of the late Kigg's Judges, and of good Ability and Experience in War : But he having complied with every Party that had been uppermoft ; and efpecially baying riot yet re ceived the Parliament's Confirmation for the Regiment he commanded, I durft by no means entruft him with the Command of the entire loeces. After much Deliberation, I refolved, as the beft Expedient I could find, to nominate Colonel, John Jqnes to Command the Forces of Ireland in my abfence ; he being a Member of Parliament, one of the late King's Judges, and' ©ne of the Cbmmiflionersof Parliament- for the Adminiftration of the Civil' Government in Ireland: By virtue pf which Qualifications, I hopedhe might be approved by the Parliament, acceptable to the Officers of- the Army, and ileadfaft in the Defence of the Common Caufe. Having taken this Refbiution, and being wil ling to keep a* good Correfpondence with the Army in England, I informed. Lieutenant - Ge neral Fleetwood with my Intentions, defiring, that if he approved my Choice, he would pro cure the Parliament to be moved to give, their Approbation. But he haying, it feems, Caft off1 his Refpefi to the Parliament, returned feme in ( *C4 ; in anfwer, that I was Ftrffidiently authorized by my Commintbh4 to coriftitute brie to cdrfj- mand* in Chief during' my^ Abfence '-, and that I had made, inhis Opinion^ a verygbodChoiife. Airthis»while I had not acquaintf^olpneffa^l with my Refolutipn touching him, nor intenl- ed to do it 'till^the time of my Departure drew hear, and 'till I had prepared the Officers of the Army to give him their Afliftancein the Execution of* hisy Charge. To this end I dif- courfed with Sir f$fcrdrefi Waller, and freely told hirafthe Reafons why I had not apftointed him to command in Chief, affurlttg him, that I ha# committed that Employment to one of the Cbmii mifiion.ers of the Parliament, in a great mealf^ out of Refpedr. to him, * that I might not be bb- ligerj to lodge it with C©L Zancbey, whb tho' hd , was , a younger Officer, yet beinjgthe "fp&i that was cPrrimiflipnated by the Pariament, expelfr ed it of courfe. Sir Hardreft feemed well # tisfied with what I had faid, and promifed bis hearty afliftance to Colonel Jones f There was no neceflity to labour fo much to give Satis&Wb'jff ' to Sir Charles Coote, in this particular : For hd feemed to aim at nothing more, than to keep his Government in Comaught , of which Province he was Prefident by Adr, of Parliament, and, to have his Regiment of Foot, and Troop of Horfe continued to htm. I affured him of my, Endeavours, that all thbfe things might be con^ firmed to him by\ihe Parliament, in hopes that heiiiould employ them in the Defence and Pre*- fetyatjori C 7.0$ ) fervariotbof that Authority,- under wtlich be jjad done fo fflariy*iServtcej, and from whjigmhe > j^ad..receiy$gj?fo many, Marks of favour. This •-JRG promifed to dp,and added , that he wasfully /Sgnvinced, that.his Intereft was wholly invol- |fed in the Prefervati^of the Parliament^ all -Iriat he, enjoyed being derived from their Au thority ^ and that as he had' oppofed the late jlmgin his Arbitrary Defigns, fo he would "continue to act, in conformity to thofe A&i#$s, ^yeJl knowing that if the Son fhould happen to , prevail, the Englifh Intereft would be loft jn ¦Itefand, arid the Irifh reftored to the PofTeflion. bf,, their Lands, according to an Agreement pafled between them. So having given me thefe ^Gararices, he took his ^eave, in order to re* .^rn to his Government. , 4fc^he Petitictobefore-mentioried that had hten fgreedon by the Oflicers of the Army at Dar- i^coming tothe knowledge of the Parliament, ¦w^ith the J|rideavours that were ufed to procure Subfcriptionsto it, fome, who knew it to be a J^mtrivance of Col. Lambert, moved that he inight be fent to the Toweife: > and it had been well, either that the Motion had better fucceed ed, pr that it had .never been made. But it ended only in paffing a Vote to difapprovethe Petition and the Proceedings thereupon, and to {equire Lieutenant General Fleetwood, fo fend .etters to all Parts to obftruct any farther Pro- grefs therein. One of the faid Letters was fent to Ireland, which in effed was, anfwerdd before Z z , • it it ffqueng* C 70S X ?awn*§p a Petition in cort- I mentioned be- Idrgetd pur GatifJ defire|*^ juft**and equal IV^ifeaty, and gsp Virion of fuch things as .fhould be fot amjfs in Church and State ; ,wd#ured thePl^- fiafrient of o#.Rcadiriefs to lay^down our Lives in their Serving arid in the Prpfecutlon of thofe ..great Ends.?,: This Affair feeing 4ifpatche^, Col. Lawrempe, who I ampelfVaded was ac- cefTarj to the! Defign carried on atWallingford- Houfe, fufpedirig that whirft I ftaid in Ireland, the Af riiy therecould not be wrought upon by that FaStlonv advifed me to haften my^Dep|gp jure, tdilirig:me that Ireland .being now fettled, I : might do more gqod* in fangla&i Affiftarice might be waritedr, j; the sincerity of his Counfel, arid ';___ Reafons to move me to it, I prdpared5! for nay Journey, and with: much vaUdCwith Serjeant Steel, who* had . the Place pf Chancellour during thetUfurpu, to rerriai^ifi Ireland; tho' he earllftly defired ._ go over with me #)Oi?t fome affairs relating tb his Office : Btrt- Itho^ht it might prove to© great a DifcdUragement to «our Fridrids, if we fhould; both ldave them tofjiher, and there^l promifed him to endeavour that nothing might patsy the Pari#fnj||t re%tin§ to the Courts bf Ju%e m Ireland, till4iefhcf§ldbeheard con cerning it. Thefe thiftgsdor^e, I acquainted Col. Jmee with my Ref©toiori, who after fome Ex- ( 7Cf7 ) Expreflioris of ||9defty an# Gf atittide faccj&fjf- |d the I mployr^pt andlp^pmifed tdjlteply fiifnlelf with alf^^e^FiMity ificf DMice to the Difc&%#6f [it? Uprih' f %b /romife arid Accdpti^e^T jwerit to the Conarniffioners, .Itid ddfifed tne|f Appirobation. Brit Col;. Thom- linfon who Aval one of them,, efther from a be- liefthat I had riot Power tbt^cbriftitute a Depu ty, or refenting that he Waslbot the Perfon,; Jor lit leaft joined in the Corflmiifion with Col.Japes^ "fhbved the reft of, the Commi'ffioners not to |ri- leYmeddle in that -Affair, tho' without .. effedt. For it was carried againft his^Dpmwm arthe Board," arid Col. Jones approved, iri* virtue of a Claufe in my Commiffioft, authorizirig me to * rite" Whom j thought fit for lekdiflf^arid con- J,rigthe Army. In Coiifequence of this, they Fed an Ofdfet to cofifirm my Choice, and to juireall Cbloridjs, Lieutenant -Colonels and %ther infefioiH 'Oflicers, t&c.,pq yield Obedience to hirii,* iri Me execution of the Cbmmiffiori which he bad received from me. Then Ixal^ led a Council of Officers, and informed them that? the CommifFioners of Parliament and my felf had* impbwered Col. John JpkesJ of whofe Fidelity to thd Publick, apd peculiar Affectlorf ro^heni, they had large Experience, to com- ffiarid tfie -Afrriy during^^ rime that their - Service might detairi me 'm^ngian-d ; defiring .. feem to^affordhim thf ¦ &f\|f their Affiftahcd. irithe e^edutioft of that TrufL which they; Snaf^oufl/ |)rbmii# to do, Wore riiy De- . . Zft-'jl parture* .C-7.pl) re,- the -,M|fepr and Airmen of Dublin, Frig fcTrmdd^Se l^Hlitia ofthat Place, where*. 6f both' €ffih^p-and ^c£^M,. had *takeri the Enga^iient, Jt&ey yer d ddiffbris.rto ^ve forpfc, Piibtlsk Expr^ori'of their.' '^f^jpn to the Cdlllifbriwealtri^ arid to that end "on the day I deHgried to gwkfk, - thev dfew thljir Foices' into the Fieldf ^onliftirifvof Sabout twelve huridred Foot^-aridorie hundred and ''t'wdlii* ty Horfe, that I migbivievv^Jierrl!, and report, to '¦'the Pa^arhent' their Reaainefs . to feryd the, PuMjck. Accordingly the ' Corhrrilffipj^ersl in their Coaches, atd* f with the, Opers of the A$i% oft Hor^Back, took a View of them, as trrey Were drawri up on the College Green, be ing all^.ery Well equipped, 'and: drawrj^ u« in gOr^d Order, *atuf indeed fo exaft in*j|J|| perforrirance of their Exei;c|fe,' that one would, have bought them fp have been:; long in 't|j$ Service. Here, thdy repeated tbeir Refolu^bris to fefve the Caufe of ••- Gb<§ and f rj^ir^ Country ; witjh, the utmbft of their Endeavo^fsf a^dlpro- mifed tOjlive and die with us iri the Affertioriof our juft ; Rights and Liberties. : Wh|rKthey had finifhe| ,t|feir Exercife, I took feaie^bf each Officer at the Head of his refpecYrye Com pany^ and werit'tha^ Evening to myMoufefat' Monck01®**-, in or4Sr to inibirk forj Engldwt' "tlie Commiffibf ers of the Parliament did nl thelvHonour to aceompany me about half a Mile out of To wh, ind the OfScdrs of the Ar my would have Attended me to my Houfe.' ^But But .; becaife it.^s hue, ie would n$IJfa$l(: ¦JSir Bardr^s.Wa^r^d tbe^reftjof the "Q^ers tp go further, thim half way. r;^he ne)$:*Day after I had, figned fuch Commiffions and Orders as I thought riecefliry, arid was* ready to go on board.; Col. Jones, Sir Hardrefs •Waller, with moft of the Officers .about Duhfjfo.and my gp&d Friend C,hief Jufjace Cooks, clind dqwn to me, f arid accompanied|^ne to the Sea-fide, wherejp?e L^qok leave of each other with mutual Re^i- pferidatidns jo the Direction and Protection! of ^ImighteCbd,. The next Da-y I arrived in the ^OadWtlboufcthe Bay of Beaumaris, and theft. |rieeting.with fome Veffeis comipg from Choffl/fL pnqliired of them if the Iriflir brigade were ||.et:pit to.Seafbr Ireland, having been affif fed tpt die Council bft'State had given Orders? for ispir Trarifportatidn. They i nformed me -fhat me /aid Brigadfe had lain ?ldng atithe Waters fide, in order to impark y and had prepared ma- nf ^effelS ; to thac}.end 5 but that 4II the Ships ;Were now difcharged uponr Orders received Ifrom Col, Zanchey: for tkpfe »Fprces to. march Sor London). This Information., gave me oeca- tfion td fufpe^ct what was foon after confirmed tpijme ; For at my Arrival in the Bary, which was] in the Evening,, tft&j.Gpvefnou,r of Btau- Wartf and andther Qf^cef cairje tome on board, $&d': informed me,tliat tjhe^rrriy had offered Violence, a "fecond time to the Parliament,"1 anjd timed, 1tlid Power; igtq ^ their Hands. sT£hisf-a- tiiuSirig News put me into a". "Doubt whether £z3 , f Qfio > Comr |d in Ireland^ ph "/'.. On the one ib were under* being;^n Ire cephnue: r^y;,Journf y |o"X w hand, \com&e$ that ; thofe! my ' m^"upRPard . landM^YJi^etf^ might, be neceflary arnorigft th|^^bv'e¥citei,T'them'' !Ttanfa6tion. ' " ei}de3)$Sii§^ rriay .nltrit» had on ^any ' Occaftoris " jpirit of Itttpqfitiori, as was' ' tble^ that theythad defigned': to ruin their oft ancient and bdft*Frrerids ; and tjjat the Offi cers had taken the Powdr info? their owri Hands, to employ it to the fufffatiSfediion of alt nieft Men. I told him that tho* I Ihbuld be Ictrentefy glad to fee it fo em^lbyetj, yet when it00^$kd.. how gfofsly the Natibn" had been timerjy ^abufed under the fanie Pjreterices; I id riot the leaft Expectation of it', being welt- inlrjimed'that all their ©ifcontents had no/other )rA|dation than the* Ejfief fence theyrhad, that tie^arliament would not'jpdf mit the Officers of rl^Atmy to he their^rijjslribrs, and the Sword to' tyraftrifee over tW Civil Powdr; After t had fpfemr about Mi Hour with Col.' i fat Borrow alfo ttthe ParTia- ^^fefted fuch become in- Cpnmfation toufhingthis Af^ir, ,1 found no* dufe to al^ my Refqlutibri concerning swp :\ Journeys but; wj$ rather confirmed ;in my Optaw on,, that.mylEndeavours to adjaft thoD^fea* rences^betw^nthe Patliament and Army mi§ht< r^^;friccdfsfuL§ and* therefore having perufed the Letter from theOflcers at London, whl#t" was/tobeiCQrrj||SS3nicatedto thofe in Irehnd,\ delivered it again to Cpl. Bamom^wbth®.nothe&- for Col. Jotyfc ^wherein I defired him to take all |p|Eble Cat^that jjiie common Enemy might* rflff?be abj^tbtakeadvaritag&from thilfaii -XJbb- , 'lifeHq difru#b the Publicl&Rpeaae. Then I li^rny^ourjaey tow%r$mmeffer, and \m$& arr|^^hin three MileSrbf that Town,' L found thejJifcrs of Horfe belongiri® to- tie Irifh Brigade, ;J who gave thfipwves* the trouble:. tqM wait, nay coming, miu to t be City, wbfref the Fbot were^raWri' up,and hj&d lined the Streetsjto trie Place where I- was* to lodge, -the next <|iay being Sunday,' I ftaid4|ie|e^and taking that Oficafion to fpeak Y?ith the Officers of the faid Brigade, togetbise1 with Col. Croxton Governour of Ch$i$er&i}$? told them freely/my Thougbtlcoricf rrifng the Jate,, precipitate- Enterprise of the iirrny,- andfe' as I was able, endeavoured to convince merit, qfjhe Imprudence ,and Injuftice of it ; deli vering far my Gjpiniori, that the late Addrefs^ contrived at Darby, had given Birth t© ibis uriflf* |uraj Attempt/ as it was it felf theOispririg«of Prjjjg and Ajabitio^ : That it was apparent the .' "-;,?' Army ( in X Araty had^ribt put this Affront upon thd Parlia ment -for having omitted the performaflcd of their sEtoty iri relation to the Publick, but rnper- ly ®lf account of themfelves and their own pri vate Iritereft, having expreffed their Refenf> dentin the molt outragious manner againft the Parliament, for not advancing fomeOfficersof the Army to fuch PowiBs/ arid Titles as had for merly, proved. fatal to the Government 5 tho' they might hive; feenby the Jate Succefs' of Q&l;Lamberi, that Victory is not eriiailcd upon emptyijffitles. During tbis Conference therdi was not-one lirord faid in excufe of the late hor rid Act, Committed' by the Wallingford-hdafe. Faj*ff " "fent only by one Capt. WinckworM a Creature of Col. Zanchey ; all fhe reft feemihg to be convinced of the Truth of what I had faid, fffiiming that they had been furpVized, and prevailed upon tofignitj without having fufficiently weighed the Confequences it might produce. jSn particular Lieutenant Colonel W, dk.er, the chief Officer then/upon the Place, d&red me, that k being fuddenly prefented to him with a Letter from Col. Zanchey, he had too haftiiy; figned it; butafterbetter Confide- «a*ion, bestead refolved to ftop the Paper at the Poft-houfe, which he had done if it had not been difpatohed away fooner than he expected. ,; * Whilft Twas at Chejler there came 'a JvleC« fenger -from the Officers of the Army at Lew don: iwjtbjLetters for thofe in Ireland, Whlcjhhe prefented to me, astilywere direciedi* : Up* on (714) on the perufal of them I found my former1 Suf* picionS juftified, and that the Army would/?be contente#with nothing lefs than to hayethe Goyemmpl eftablifhed iri a G6urt-3^?tial. to this'erid they bad agreed, that Lieutenant Gerieral Fleetwood fhould be : Commander iri Chief of all the Forces of the Commonwealth 5 Ceil. Lambert Majbr General of the Army ; CoL Bisborow Lieutenant-General of the Horfe j Col. Mfla^Mjfor General of the $©ot 3 and that all Officers:^fthe Army who- ffeould by tMp Subfcriptio^tfeflify their ^ubmlffibtrto this A^eement^ mouM becatefetefed in theil CoriH mauds, from thence never to be difchdtlfd^ unlefs by a Court-Martial; That alf Offers to be prefented to any Cornmand that moul&V be vacant by Difmiflion, Ddath, or other wife,*. flkjuld be nominated by, Lieutenant General; Fleetwood, Sir Henry Vane, Major General Lam bert, Col. Desborow, Col. Berry, my felf, or any three of us ; and to recdiVethekCbrnmiffi^ ons from Lieutenant^ General Ffykiwo&d^ho alfo was to grant new ones to thofe that were already poffeffed of any Military Comttiari# We were informed alfo by this MefFeriger," that the Coilncil of Officers had agreed upon 'oriei aad twenty Perfons, with- whom thdytprdfendi ed to entruft the Adminifrration of all-Givrf Afl%,' under the Title of a Committee of Safety, refolving to obey themfb long as they would: do what fhoul4|fe prefcrlbed to thtffii- this Number- tho' filled "up with Men of alt (.7*5.) rnj|ft all Parties, y^t was ib craftily comjjQfed j that the Ballance was fufficiently fecured to thofe oj|r their? own Faction. The Names of the Gomn^tree^ere as follow*-^ Lieutenant Ge neral ^tee^ood, Ma|qr, General Lambert, Col| tyesborow, Sif HenryV^an%, Major Swlo^ay,*, the Lord Wanrf^on^, ..Col. Tichburn, Cprnrotmoner Whitlocky^Cdl' Berry*, Mr. Walter Strickland, Col. fflewetfon,}Ar. Cornelius Holland, Sirojqmes Harrington, Alderman Ireton, Col. Sydenham, Mr* , Serjeant Aed* Mr. Henm Bm^ijf, Col, Mnecek fanly farily render thofe for wh^fd Service they are defigned, lefs ufcful and eafy'to theirifelv.es. %t Coventr£; I found ^fome of the Forces' that had been in the'Servicd'of {be King of France, |qd latelybrbughttbE«^«i by order ?bf the?Par- liarMl/ ribbri the Iriiurreaiori of Sir : (3$i#rge fBdtiVi' Party. I dlfcourfed with the OfiScers drjTicerningf heir Duty in this' Con jun^trire?. and exported thef^bjpntm^ dierice to the^arliarrieritx wbidfeflSey prorMed? to- do. tfMriextNishtT lay a&Northamwt , and was informed by, fome Paflepgers Who Cahie from LmMft, that Col. M<>f ^ . had der claledagairift the late P$ceedjfig| otthe ArjriyJ Which :#News was fb wtfcpme that I could nqt |jive; iritire Credit to it,, fill it was confirriied to trie the next Night at Dunftoble, and" the Day after by rriy Wife, who came tq meet me: at St: Albans: Seirijjfarrived -at "fuofldonX Went to Liiutenatit General Fleetwood, who eltdeaybur- «riffd£ it $rg1it tq be corifeffed that his pqblick:Dedj#- ratibri had a 'bette| ^pearance than theirs,whb deflarided nqthing -lefs than a Government by the Sword. By him and others whom I coii- *vetkd with, I was fully acquainted With the Grounds an^Caufes of this', fecond Violence offered $td theTarliament, whifhjlad been de- G0ed f^pri after their Reftitutibri, when the GrandeeS'fbf %the Army perceived they would riot he gbvdrned by them ; and had been more fpeedily put in execution, if the late Tumults of the Cavaliers and Presbyterians had not caufed it to be put "pff till they were fuppreffed. |fhe Parliament on their part being fenfible To£ their Danger, were not whiffy negligent of the •means tgteeveht it 5 tho I cannot Fay, they gave no "Advapj|ges- to the Faction of the Army, by difgriftiri^ihe Sectarian Party, and, fallingfin with the corrupt Interefts of the Lawyers ari&v Clergy, wherein the Army did not fail to out bid' theniPwhen they faw their time. But Sir ¦Arthur \fmfteftg fuppofing that a Conjunciibti with tKefe? ikexi would coritribute much to de ter the Ofec^s from- any j^tempt againft the Parliament, |^ed,?wifeh them, arid thereby djs^ fatlffifed, mariy bjf the? Commoriwealth-Pa^yi Neither ?djd it a little |pritribute to this Difbr*' dcr, that ?§ir Arthur ,>jwho took 'upon him, to be (7*8) ?be the principal Manager of Aflairfe-Sn Patlidk HHBiit, was a Man of a difebl^^ Cari^rge, fower and morofe of Tempdr,l!able tobd tranf» ported with Paffion;,- and fo whbrii Liberality feemed « tbbe a Vice. Yet to do him Juftice , Irpuff acknowledge*. thafc\I am under no rnfe- ner of Doubt concerning the Rectitude and tfncerity of his Intentions. For he made it his bufinefs to prevent AmtrMfy PoWer wherefed- •.Ver bekne$|iti$o beaffedLe^mf&L to keep thd Sword fubferffent to the CivH^Iagiftrale. To this end he hall procured many Officers fo be chofen into the Army, with whoril he hoped to baHance that Faction that appeared every :j9ay tnoge and mote amongft them. He had recbrri- iipridfed Col. Fifz to the Pariiameritfor;Lieuteii .fiarit Of the Tower,; and took care on all Occat jfions to oblige GpLMonk, who commanded the Forces in Sctfld^^fme^ prefumed upori the Fl* idelify of the Fleet and Forces iri Jrdte,'bri ac^? rount of the paft/Services of thofe that tow* inarided them, and their former Oppofition to tire Usurpation of Cron&tiel., He had procured * Guard of 'cboferi Horfe commanded b^Majbr F&elyn, to attend the Parliament, and s was af- fured of CoVM&ky's Regiment, v^%thofeof Col. Hacker, Col. 0%, isarid* fome others thaii ,,> lay in! or- near th^Pbwn; Iri? 'ithd mean time thd Officers atWafflngfwd^kqv$& had*riptNbeeii idle, and accounting it lawful for?/them to'd® " whatfoever they had power io,d6, they agreed on that Petiton wMch L mentioned before to have .(719) have been fent frorii Darby, and privately fent it down thither to be figried arid difperfed, and then to be returned to London, as if it had fen drawn it Darby, and by no mearis to be jbre- ' ferircd to the Parliament, irrilefr if Were firft: '^proved by Lieuteriant Qerieral Fleetwood, arid figned, at his Recommendation,, by the Offi cers about London: The Lieutenant General giving received this ^>ernid#rif Paper ± being 4 brie ? Mornirapgt a Committeeman the Speafcdf's Charnber before the Houfe was fat, fhewed it to Sir Afikhnr Haflerig, -acquainting him hoW 'it came to his hands, pretending his Diflike of it, ajhd a Refbiution to put a flop to it. Sir Arthur faid not much to him concerning it, either fuf- pecting him to be in the Plot, or thinking that If fpeedy, care were not taken, it would be paft all Remedy: And therefore procured the Speaker immediately to pKe thd Chaif, and to ferid"1!§i£tfhe Members from the Committee into thd Houfe. Which being done, he obtained an 'Older for fhuttiri^ the Door, and bringing the Keys to the Tabl^alledging that the Bufi nefs which he had to impart to the Parliament Required JhafCare. Thdri he cbriimunicated to Ihem thd fltition it felf, cW|iich being read, he tgravaifed the Heriibu^dfs of the Attempt, d moved" that Col.LOmbert, who command ed that part d£ the Army amongft whom Jt was faid to have had its beginning, might be .accufed of High Treaim, and commited to ?.the Tower 5 and that'one Major Creed arid CoL" « Zanchey 0/20 J irig fl|uck it by this Combi^tipn,' feemed very ready* to: ,'agrde with , thole who were thd r$^ zealous for the Sri'ppreffion, ( Qf ? >,it.. But,„pe Lieutenant General affirming ,, that,, according to the beft bf bis Ijr^rmatibn^ the Petition had been begun afidvcartied bri by the, mferiqur Offi cers ofthe,,B'rMy[e,' withoht the Knowledge $?r Confent of iW^£a'mbert : .That^it was n®t to have been plgjp&d to the Par^ierit, vyithbut the ipprpbap^nbf himfelf , and the r^f|of thd Officers aboutLondon ;. and that he had taken a Reiblutipntofupprefs it 5 the Hpujf inclin^ito more gentle Methods^and contented? thgrnfelyes, with paffmga Vote, to exprefs their D)flike?$f the faid Petition, jrequirih^ thofe of thd ,'limf to forbear arty farther , profecutio|ipf , it, arid commanding Lieqtelppit General Flpetwp&djP iffue out his Letters to ^that effect to the* feveraf Quarters of the. Arrny, which he didacdoi^r ingly. But for all this a .CpuncylojfiG^iceis was fummoned to meet^at WaUingford-houfe^ and tho' it was pretended to be only in order to declare their Acquiefgdricein tbe;B^foluj:ion of the Parliament:, '..yet the Officers fel\ into "Q$f t$tds bf the fttmbft page arid Madnei^, C<% Lambef^who was prefent, fitti^ ?4pt as a Perfon altogether uricoricerned,arid notfeproves- ipg'jftejm in the leaft for theif IjM|es., Tj^e Refill t of all was, that, a CqmrnWed{bf the Council of Officers was direcfe4 ?to prepare ail Addrefs C 721 ) Addrefs to the Parliament,' wherein after the fpeciqus Promifes of Obedience they defired that thofe who fhould hereafter mifin form the Houfe, as had been done in isheir Cafe, might undergo the" Cenfure of the Parliament : That a Commander in Cryef might be conftituted without limitation of Time,: That no Officer might be difplaced urilefs by-a Court-Martial : That the Ad of Indemnity might be .enlarged ; That tfte Revenue of Mr. Richard Cromwel might be augmented, and that his Debts might be paid 3 with other Particulars, moft of which were as abfurd for .the Army to ask, as for the Parliament to grant. However, the Parliament being willing toleave.no means unattempted that might give Satisfaction to the Army,taking hold of that Claufe in the Addrefs wherein they had promifed Obedience, gave them Thanks for their Affecticm expreffed therein, and promifed to take the Particulars of the Peti tion into their speedy and ferious Confiderati on, to do therein according to Juftice, and as far as they could to their Satisfaction. In pur- fuance of thisPrormfe the Parliament proceed ed tothe Confidesation of the feveral Parts of the Addrefs, and had made a good Progrefsin ivwhen Col. 0% communicated to them a" Letter fubfcribed by Col. Lambert, Col. Desbo- row, Col. Berry, Col.Clerk, Col. Barrow, who were of a Committee nominated by the Coun cil -of Officers, which had been fent to. him to encourage SubfcriptionS to the Petition lately *¦ A a a read ( 7« ) read in the Houfe. By which Proceeding it was manifeft, that they intended: the Petition to be the Grburid on which they defigned to unite the Army againft the Civil Authority. The Parliament hndirigthat the ways of Com-' pliarice which they had been taking ferved only, to encourage the Army to Mutiny and Rebelli on, refolved upon fharper Counfels* Arid to that end, having caufed the Door bf the Houfe to be locked, arid fully informed themfl^ves of the 'Matter, of 'Fact,, they voted the Commiffi-, ons. of thofe who had fubfcribed the faid Letter to be void.,, They voted the Commifubri of Lieutenant General Fleetwood to be void alfo, and placed by an Adtthe Power of Cpmmand-i er in Chief of allthe Forces iri England and" Scotland in the feven following PeKqns, viZkt Lieutenant General Fleetwood, Col. Monk, Sir Arthur Hajlerig , Col. Walton, Col. Mo'rleyy Col: Overton, and "Me? ? Then they caufed thej Speaker--to_ demand of Lieutenant General Fleetwood^ whb"%as prefent in the Houfe, if he would fubmit to this Refolution of the Par liament ; to which he anfwered, that he would. they alfo declared, that no Tax fhould be laid or levied upon the People,unlefs by Aft of Par liament $ under the Perialty due. to thofe that are ( guilty of High Treafon. This Bufinefs , tho'carried with as much-Privacy as itcould be, yet came to the notice of the Officers without dobrs, who being furprized at the Refolutiorf of the Parliament, and convinced that the leaft Delay c m > Delay might ptove darigerotis, ufed^U'foffiW Diligence- iri>drawihg togdffieV Weir' Pa'tffyv :arid pfeparitig thdfflfelve^fo^t^Pdd;figned Work. t I ri" the-meari'limd-thte: Pajfliarrient ordered the Regimerlts of 'Gdl. M^/arid 'GbU^M^} to march forthwith to' Weflnmnfter for their, Secu rity, and fent for the fdfibf'the troops that w^drd^ abost the Towrito d¥-aw dbwn'fo^herii alfo with ill convenient? f^eed.' ; In putfu|rkeAof which OrderAp'CoL OE$y eridearvbured 'fib? bring dbWn his Ble^imdnf of Ho?rfe] but the ^reateft part of -them deferred him. "For moft of the' old Officers 'whom Cromwel bkd by his EWarrip|p corrupted With the horrid- Vices of Ah^t^nbri aqd treachery, found it eafy to delude t be iri?- ferior Officers and private Sbuldiers, wbb had either utterly; forgot their TfaHek, or were un~ yyiHtrig ro return, to an iriduflrious LiFe^iritb a Compliance With any Defign,1 in order to get $ living. Col. Lambert was the Perfon that madd the firft Attempt againft .the ' Parliament's Guard, endeavburing!afthe Head of a Party of Horfe to break in upon that part where CoL Mprley was polled with his Regiment. But the Colpflel advancing arid affuring him.* that, if he perfifted, he vtould fire upori him, Lani- Urt anfwered, I will then go the other way, which he did, after he hid given Order to block*. up the Avenues by tr)e Mill-Bank with Carts arid other impediments, to prevefttthe Guards of the Parliament from fallying out upori them by ' that' way*- The 'Army had alfo paced a Aa'a'V Part/ C 724 ) *&Ji5l of theirs in King-8refc and in the cJSch-yjird near theAbby, fome of Col. Moj- kys: Regiment -mav-ing already' r^uejfed them felves of the Old palace-yard. In this pbfture they continued all Night. The next Morning that Guard of the^rrny which lay in the Chu|ch-y?ard adv^cdd with one Major* Grimeg. at trie iHead of them towards thbf^ofXob Mor ley's Regiment^ who were :!h the Palace* yard : Of which Motion the Coloriel being in formed, drew out thofe that bjeftad with him, andhaftned to.their Relief. Both Parties being come within Piftoi-fhot, and each bf them rei- dy^o fire, thofe, of the Army ir^an to invite Col. Mortey's Men tq go over to them,,, defirjng them, to 'remember that they had hitherto tougbf j together, and that it; was unreafqnable now to become Enemies. In like rnanner Col^ Mdrief.^* Party endeavoured to perfwade, #iofe of file? Army to join with them .in the Defence of the Parliament,, whq they faid had been always fuccelsful in the Adminiftratiori of Publick Af fairs, and to whom the Officers of the Army had fo lately promifed Obedience, when* they received their laft Commiflions .•'¦. who 'had al ways taken 'effectual care for jtheir conftarit Pay, . and who were the orily Authority that? could do ffo 'for the future.* The chief Officers at length interpofing,, it was agreed, that both Parties "fhould for the prefent retire to their for mer;. Stations. ; On the other fide?,;,CoJi Latnbeji$ ^eirig?-a.dvari<:ed?:near that Party Vwhieh was' com- C 7*yX , .., v _ commanded by Col. Mofs, defriarided bf 'jh'enj if they would fuffer riind of their blMOPcers, who had fo often fperit their Blood for them and with them, to be difgraced aruj ruined with their Families. The Colonel anfwered , that tho' that fhould bethe;Cafe,j»yer[itrWer« much better that nine : Families lhou|d^bede- ftroyed, than the Civil Authority of thd'Nation trampled1 under Foot/ who defignedj. riot ffie Ruin of any, but only fo?remqve'frdth5fh€ir Commands nine Officers? who by their fejclrtr ous Carriage' had rendred therrifel ves ;un ^'qfthy qf that Truft? ,But Col: Lambert's O'rktbfy was more prevalent with the Perfon that .afs in Aaa 3 his Ei|iCo|(;h, through the Guards of the, Army,, wasftoppeid near tfee Gate qftfee:$aia[ce-yard by Efeuten^rit Cqlqriei j^^toffle/^5?.an^ being de- er an* Houfe; .we Tnenirirp?irig hn^felftotheSjPjildierSi, he told *%^iftnt$* w^^'^spe^^Ian4'.5?p?fti| their ''(^p%epqef But thefe Men- having, re folved? to '. deftrjqy fht Civil? Auth($|ty]}" and tq fet .np?tbe,Swprd|p tj^e.roqm of ij,,fofqed his ffcoachri)aii to dHye^back, apd as be parted by W.offingffr^rhdMfy would have compelled him to .$rive in at th?e?G?are^teIling thd, Speaker, that lie muft go to lieuteriant General Fleetwood. But? the Speaker cqmniarided the Coachman to drive hpiirie ), and bayjng , told tbe Officers, that i^L^eutenai^t General Fleetwood, had any bufi nefs? :witb?.him,r he might come tp ;hi$ " Houfes me^'^fifted frorn giving bin* any farther Tlcoubleat tha|;tijme., A , their Meetings CpL Sydenham, who was one of therii,madea Speech, wherein he eridd$vour#d fo .juftify thefe Proceedings of the Army,under* takmg to, prove, diat they wer^ neceffitated to make life of this laft Remedy. by 7 a particttkif Call pf the Divine , Providence, $ut?t the Lord Prefide-rit Bradjhifcourfe the Officers declared to us their Refo* "lution to do great things for the Publick Good, and preffed us earneftly tb come amongft them to their Committee of Safety .• but we defired to be excufed, till fuch time as the Common Caufe might 4)e fecured' to the farisfacYibra of good Men, arid thereftrffagreedaipoo another Mee>,~ ("731 ) Meeting, whereift this Affair might be fu% 4e bated. In the mean time I endeavoured to moderate the. Warmth of fpme of the Parlia- teerit-Party, ,and to bring them to defire a Re- eonpliation; with the Army, that by that irieans the Publick might be prefery^ from Ruin ; apd fo this end a Meeting was appointed be tween Mr. Scot0 Col. Morley, Mr. Say, my felf , and one Perfon more, whofe Name -I have forgot^ where after much debate on that Subr je#, I fhewed them the A4drefs which I bad broulhr from all the Qff\ee*$\n Ireland,' as well Genefllls Inferionr, towhomithad been ten dered, and; informed them that the Irifh Bri gade had affured me at Chefier, that they would continue faithful to*(ne Parliament .-9 and had acknowledged their Error in fign-' ipg the Petition from Darby. Hereupon ffcdy defired me to publifh the Addrefs frorrt \fkeland, together with what had pafled betw-eeii! thd: Irifh Brigade and Me, fuppofing it might be of [great Service ip that Con|uncl:ure. I told them I would confider pf it, and that for the prefent '4 rhad? nothing to; object againft the, Publication ¦ of ritdfe Papers, except my Fear, ibatiby fo doing, > I might fo far exafperate rise.' Army, as tq render all myOjfkestq recoa^ ©lei them to tbtl^;Parl'iament,utteriry wsffc%m%i When : the Company was,>fef$ratedj| and Marl Scot and I going, away together, Tie eainqftjy^ peffed mefcto improve t?he^pporlunjty w^bjch he faid I b^4in my tods^to be highly f?r.vke- able T732 X able to the Publick, which if I rieglecred, I fhould repent it as long as I had an Hour to live. I told him that I thought he laid too. much Weight on my Intereft : But yet defirdd him to inform me what he thought it my Dufj^ to do. He fatA-that I ought by-.all means "to declare againft the Proceedings of the Arrhyi and to join with Monk in oppofition to them. T replied, that tho' I knew riot what the Defigtt of* Monk might be, yet I had entertained , a charitable Opinion bf him, by reafon of his Declaration fbf the Parliament.- But j&at it was my Judgment, that if either theVarlia- nient or the Arifty fhould entirely prevail one againft the other in this Juncture, it would hazard the Ruin'of both 5 and therefore I 'thought my felf obliged in Duty to ufe'thd Ut- mbft of- my ^Endeavours to bring ,theiri to a Idd^nciliatiqri , before I fhould think of decla ring my felf. -For as there Wa¥rib appearance"' that the Army could long fubiift without a due Provifion for their Payment, Which the Parlia ment only could make to the Coritent of the People, efpecially firice the paffirigof the Vote againft levying Money unlell by their Autho rity ;¦ foalfo it was neceffary for the Parliament toifiave the Afliftance of .the Army in the great Work they had before them^ to eftablifh a juft arid equal Government in the Nation. After this*l waited on Mr. Lenthal the Spea ker of the Parliament^ and gave him alfo iri Account of the State of Affairsiri Ireland, and that C 733 > |hat I had many things to offer to the Parlia ment from that Nation,* which I hoped fpeedi- H to do, when he fhould return to the Chair of rne Houfe- 5 to which end I affured him I would imploy all my Intereft, being fully con vinced of the Injuftice of the Army in the late .^Pence, arid that no Authority but, that of the Parliament can render any Form of Go- yerrimeritaflreeable to the People. I acquaint ed him alfo with tlie Serjriments of the Irifh Brigade, with all which be declared himfdf' fnucft fatisfied 4 and having given me a Relation of his own Gallantry towards thofe of, the Ar my that had mutyied againft him, as before- mentioned, T took my leave- for that time. Spmdof the Council o^ State writ Letters to ,?Cpl. Monk fo mdourage Kim in his Refolutipns ' fbf»ithelParliamenti and Lieutenant General *qffimq.od fent one Capt. Lloyd with an Anfwer to that which he had received from tb§ Colonel, arid to prqmife on his part alfthe Advantages that he could defire. Col. Jones, Sir Hardrefs W,alfer, arid about Gx or feven Officers more jltdw ,up an Anfwer to Mpnks Letter .directed roime in Ireland, and fent it tqmeatLondon for I^f Approbation, toother with ^e Letter it feff, Haying- perufed berth/ 1 .perceived a great Al teration inrnany of the Officers of Ireland, and a great Defection from their L}uty. I or . in ;|beir Anfwqf they manifeftly took part W%1] the Jj0ay,,\ and, -required Monk fo dejift, from his ^ddrtakin^/Charging^ the , B^ood that might be. -, (734 ) be ttied in this Quarrel on his Head,with much; more to die fame effect; With thefe Letters, :f received others from Col. Cooper and Maj. Wa'rt ren; complaining of the faid Breach j and oF th|? , Hard fhips which they faid were put uponthdflf by thofe whom I had. intrufted with the Cojrjj* mand of the Forces, and earneftly prefljng meto return to them. I thought my felf qM igfcd to aft* fwer thefe Letters, arid in that to Col> Jones lex* Sreffed myDiffatisfactiori with what he and fqnid thers had written to Col. Monki wherein they had efpoufed the Interefts of th§ Army, contrary tothe Truft they had received from the Parli ament and me, which thing defdrved the more blame, becaufe* the Army had as yet declared for rio other Governmerjt than that of a Court* Martial ; whereas Col. Monk, whatever h& Defigns might be, had hitherto afferted the. Au- thority of the Parliament, tb the fame pur- pofe I writ to Col. Cooper and Major WarrenX advifing them to be careful not to join them felves to a Faction in oppofition tothe Giv|| Authority of the Nation ; and fent Orders to, Col. Cooper, who Was a good Officer, and very acceptable to the beft fort of People in the Northern Parts, to command the Forces there, and to be vigilant on all occafions td promoter the Publick Service : And tho* the Letters whjidh had been feritto Ireland by the Council qf Cj)B- cers at fflaBngf&rd-Honfe were f ot. thd prefent lajd afidd 5 yet. being informed, that Endeavours Were ufed privately to make them take effe&v and ¦C 735 ) and to engage thofe Forces-tor the Faj&ion of the Army, I went todLieutenant General1 Fleti^ mod, and defired him, . that to prevent fdttrrl^ the Army in Ireland together by the Ears, thd Proceedings in that matter might be let faff* telling him that if they abfolutely required the Officers there to fubfcrme their Confederacy, it would come to pafs that many of them would lay down their Commifubns, and thereby £ way would be open to fill their Places wirjf corrupt andTcandalous Perfons, who might not? s only prove the Caufesof great Diforders iri that Country, but alfo would be fo fixed in1 their Stations, as not eafily to be removed.again, it being one of the Articles of their Papers , UMtno Officer fhould be difplaced but by a CoMt-Martial. The Lieutenant Gdneral a- vowing that he had not forfeen either of thofe ^ttriveniences, promifed to defift from any partner Profecution of that matter. t :In the mean time the Officers^at Wallingford- Houfe were not negligent, and having drawn up an Engagement, as I faids before, they re quired thofe of the Army who defired to con tinue in their tmployments, to fubfcribe it. By this means Col. Okey, Col. Morley, Col.A- Imed, Lieutenant CqL Farley, and divers b- thers who were not of their Faction, were re moved from their Commands ; tho' Col. Mofi amd !*QA. Rich were permitted to continue in? trleir Charges without fubfcribing. Col. Ric& Was the more willing to retain his Regiment, that he might be ther better acquainted with the f 73*) ijhe Defigns of the Army, and have more Op portunities of re&ifying the Miftakes of fuch Officers, who tho' honeft and well meaning Men, yet might happen to be deluded by the plaufible Pretences of their Superiors. But that which principally perfwaded him to continue amongft them, was the Intereft and Friendlhip which he had, with Vice Admiral Lawfon, who commanded the Fleet at that rime, and who very much, depended upon the Advice of the Coloneifor the Measures he fhould take to ferve- the Publick. Their Committee pf Safety alfo nominated' Lieutenant General Fleetwood, Com- mifiioner Whitlock, Sir Henry Vane, Major Sal oway, Col.Tichburn, and Me, to confider of a^ Form of Government for the three Natiojp: and to report our Opinions to them. And trio fome of us were very unwilling to have any part in an Affair of this nature, yet feeing -w| Were now under the Power and Governmerl of theJSwbrd, we refolved to procure the bef| Settlement we cquld get, if we could not ob tain fuch aone as we defired, hoping at leaf): to procure the Regulation qfwhat was moft amifs. And therefore we had feveral Meetings on this Subject, wherein we agreed upon the princi pal Points in difpute. But the greateft Diffi culty was in what manner the Refult of our Debates fhould receive a Sanction. TheArmyg Party defired. that the Forces , on foot in tlif three' Nations fhould be dravy^, together? and that they, with, fuch of the People who. would jqin with thern, fhould give their Confent to: the Os.z ) the Form agreed on in a * Publick Aflembly.' This I could not approve , but refolved , if we could come to any Agreement, to procure it to be kid before the Parliament for their Approbatidb, or never to affent to it. During thefe Transitions, Colonel Monk ha ving received the Anfwer of Colonel1 Jones, and other Officers in Ireland, to the Letter he had written to them, and not liking the Contents of it, feized Major Barret, by whom it was fent j and refolding to March for London with all poffi-* hie 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-RoufePmy, voluntarily fur- rehdred. their CommifTiifns to him, whofe Pla ces he immediately filled with his own Crea tures : The other from the late Act, of Parli- 'Injenr, thereby he was conftituted one of the IjtVen Generals, appointed to command the Ar- my , by virtue of which Authority he under took fo to regulatq his Forces , as might be moft for his purpofe. 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 , effkcfally at this time, when they knew the Army in England were in want of it, and knew not well how to Raife arty, hiving inter rupted the Civil Authority, by, whom alone Money may rightfully be Raifed. The Army- l*arty being informed of his Defign , refolved B b b ' to C 73* ) todraw a Body of their Troops together to be fent againft, him, with Orders, , if poffible, to poffefs themfelves of Newcaftle, a place pf great Importance to the City of London , and to Fight him if an Opportunity fhould be offered. Four thoufand Foot, and Three thoufand five hun-' dred Horfe were appointed for this (Service, together with the Irifh Brigade, Commanded by Colonel Zanchey, who notwithftariding his late Carriage, came with great Confidence to me, to receive my Orders ,- but-I was very referved to Ijim in that particular, knowing how inftrumen- tal he had been in promoting the prefent Dif- orders. The Committee of the Army intruft- ed Colonel Lambert with the Command of thefe forces, who having difpatched his Orders to the Souldery that were Quartered in the North to draw together, and to feize on the Town of Newcaftle, went himfelf by Poft for that Place. Before his Departure, he defired thofe who had been appointed to confider of a Form" of Go vernment , to proceed in their Confutations , and fo fend the Refult of them to him , profni- fing to give his Aflent and Approbation to it. But fome of us earneftly prefled that we might ¦ come to an Agreement before be began his Jour ney, afTuring him that it would very much tend to facilitate his prefent Undertaking, efpecially if the Eftablifhment defigned might be fo juft and equal, that a good Man might reafonably ad- ' Venture his Life in the Defence of it j where* as on the contrary, if things were left uncer tain, ( 739 ) tain, and no Form of Government agreed upon,' Men would not eafily be perfwaded to engage for a Party, againft thofe who at leaft pretended tb aft for the Civil Authority. He acknowledgfd the Force of thefe Reafons, but could not be 'prevailed upon to ftay till it fhould be perfected, tho' he de fired it might be fent after him with all poffible Expedition. • In the mean time Colonel' Jones , and thofe Officers who were in and about Dublin, fent Lieu tenant Colonel Dcbfqn to be their Agent in Eng- land, andto inform them of publick Affairs. He had been ufed ill by Oliver, > and unjuftly remo ved from his Command ,• which being .Repre- fented to me when Iwas there, I advanced him to be a Field Officer : But being a Man- of flender Ability, and little acquainted with ; Publick Affairs , he was eafily deluded by the fair Pretences of the Wallingferd-Houfe Fatty, and became their Creature , rather than the Agent of thofe that fent . him. ' And now Colo nel Jones defpairing to prevail upon the Council of Officers, whilft together, to fubfcribe the De- ' fign of governing the Three Nations by a Coun' cil of War, dtfperfed them to their refpecflve Quarters, and fent the Wallingford-Uoufe Paper to be Subfcribed by them , when they could not have an Opportunity of Confulting together, accompanied with Letters from himfelf to prefs .them to it : And having declared openly, . that if they refufed to Subferibe, the Army in England -would find a way to detainthe Pay that had Bbbx been C 74° ) been afiigned totheiri by the Parliament ; ma ny of tho(e, who. had iigtied an ^Engagement to the Parliament, which I had carried ., over to England , and therein, expreffed, their Sorrow , for the Interruption of the Civil' Authority, together with , their firm Refelutiqn, to adhere constantly to them for the future, were now brought in to fign an Engagement directly con trary to the former. ... Of which being informed, I thought my" , felf obliged to write to Colonel Jones, and other Officers of the Army , and to expostulate -with tbem concerning theFoulnefs of thefe Practifes, that were not only contrary tostheir late folemn Promifes, and pretended Sot-?? row for their former evil Compliances, but alfo tending in a high degree, to fet up the power of, the Sword upon the Rmnes of the Civil Autho rity. Colonel Jones in? his Anfwer excus'd him-; felf, as not having forefeen the Inconveniencies, of the forefaid Papir, affirming that, he had only permitted it to be promoted at the inceflant Importunities -of others; but yet he exprefled. fome difcontent that I fhould lay fb heavy a Charge upon him , , who had undertaken his Imployment at my Defire, and had managed it according to the beft of his Underftanding? He concluded, that he earneftly defired I would return to my Command, andeafehimof the Burden that was upon him. Abo'Jt, the fame time Serjeant Steel, one of the Commiflioners in 1/ eland, being noffiijtated of the. Committee of Safety, took that, opportunity to go into England^ as ? (74i ) as he had lofig defired to do, by whofe Depar ture, the Affairs of Ireland fuffe'red much, he being generally efteerned to be a Man of great Prudence ahd uncorrupted Integrity. At Low don he refufed to Acf in the Committee of Safe ty ; and tho' he fometimes went to Wallingford Houfe , and Difcburfed with Lieutenant General Fketvoood and fome others , about things rela ting to a future Eftablifhment, yet he always declared his Opinion to be* that the Parliament were the only proper Judges of that Matter, and gfed the beft of his Endeavours that they might' be reftored to their Authority. After his Departure, the Commiflioners of the Par liament in Ireland fell in with the Party of the Army, and altered their Title in the Orders and Commiffions Signed by them , lrora that of Commiflioners of the Parliament, to that of Commiflioners of the Common-wealth -K -and being informed that the Garifon of Ay re in Scot land had difcharged their Governour, and de-, clared for Monk, they ordered a Ship of War to cruife on that Coaft, fo prevent their Cor refpondence with the Northern Parts of Ireland. Colonel Lambert being now in the North of Eng- $and, and his Forces in Pofleffion of Newcaftle , divers Meflages pafled between him and Color :nel Monk , the latter always declaring his Refb iution, as he had done before, to the Generals Commiflioned by the Parliament, .to be aflift- ing to them in fettling the Government on the Foot of "a Cprnmon-wealth , without a Ring, '-"'-'?? JBbb 3 . fingfe C 743') fingle Perfon, or Houfeof Lords : And feeing that the Army had begun to treat with him, he nomi-^ miedColWilkes, ColKnight, and Lieutenant Col. Clobery, to be Commiflioners to adjuft the prefent Differences with1 thofe of the Wallingford-VLoufe Party. , >j The Irifh Brigade, tho' Colonel Zanchey and others endeayoured to perfwade them fo join heartily with thofe of the Army, had not quite ' forgot our Difcourfe at Chefter, and therefore they refolved not to engage againft Monk , till they might fee, that what they were about to* Fight for/ was worth the Hazard they were tb run. To this end they figned a Paperin the Nature of an , Aflbciation , whereby they obliged them felves to live and die together j one of the principal Officers informing me by a Letter-, that if Colonel Lambert defigned to advance him felf,: he muft chufe another Pole to climb by than the Irifh Brigade, who were fully refol ved not to aflift him in fuch, an Attempt. Lam- lert being made acquainted with tjhe forefaid Paper, concluded that the jealoufy they had of him arofe from fhe Influence I had upon that Brigade, and thereupon wrote to Sir Henry Vane, defiring him to procure a Letter from me to them, to remove that prejudice which they had entertained againft' him. Accordingly. Sir Hen ry Fane camd to me, and having aflured me that Polonel Lambert had rather, been made ufe of by the Wallingford-Uoufe Party, than that he had been in any manner the principal Contriver of the C 743 ; the late Diforders, and that hd would be an Impediment to them in their Defign of advan cing a fingle Perfon ; I confented* to defire our "Brigade , that they would be careful to inform themfelves well before they fhould determine what Courfe fo take, that they might not, out of a Jealoufy of one Perfon, contribute to the Advancement of others, who might* poflibly prove to be worfe, • Upon the Receipt, of . my Letter , which I fent tb one of the principal Officers amongft them to be Communicated to the reft, they marched nearer to the Forces of Colonel Lambert, who thereupon fent me a Let ter of Thanks, acknowledging that I had exer cifed my Charity to .him in an extraordinary man ner, confidering the late Tranfacf ions ; proteft- ing that he defigned not the Violence that was of fered to the Parliament , and was wholly inno cent from promoting that Petition which had k tendency to it ; that he knew not of any Inter ruption to be given to the Houfe, till the Day it was put in Execution ; and that be had no further Defign therein , than to preferye himfelf from peftru&ion , which he conceived Was intended againft him.He concluded with Aflurances that he Would take all Opportunities to advance the Gopd of the Common- wealth, and defired myFriendfhip no farther than he fhould adbin order to jhat end. About this time I went to Sir Arthur Haflerig, whom I knew to be of a mdft ri* gld and inflexible Spirit , and endeavoured as well as I c?ould , to perfwade him pf the B b b 4 tie- ,0744), tteceflity incumbent on us allto lay afide our private Animcfities , and to unite our whole Strength to preferve the Veflel of the Com mon wealth from finking. I ddfired him to entertain a better Opinion of Sir Henry Vane, "and feme other Perfons than he feemed fo have, afliiring him, that it was impoflible to prevent that Ruine which threatned us, but by a hearty Reconciliation, and a fofid Union amongft our felves. I acknowledged his Care of the Publijjk in the endeavours he had ufed to hinder the Accumulation bf extraordinary Powers and Titles upon any Perfon , and to render the Sword fubfervient to the Civil Magiftrate. But I could not forbear to acquaint him, that in my poor Opinion, he had not taken theri$it way to that great end, having lately eftr'anged him- |elf from" his ancient Friends, and fallen in with the Lawyers and Get gy , putting thofe, who WPuld have been his principal Strength in times'ef neceflity,, into defpair of receiving any good from him,, ana> relying upon Men whofe Principles and Practifes are inconfiftent with a .juft and ecjual Government; I agreed with him that nothing could recover us from the prefent Confufioris, but the ReftitUtion of the parlia ment to their Authority; tho' I thought my felf obliged to add, that* if be and others fhould re turn to the Exercife oi their Power, with a Spi^ rit of Revenge againft thofe that had wronged them and the Publick, and not rather contri bute? their utmoft to reconcile all thofe whofe Interefts wdre involved in that of the Common wealth, C 745 5 wealth , they would certainly ruin themfelves, and every one that wifhed well to the.Parlia- ment and the Common Caufe. Sir Arthur feemed fo fenfible of the Truth of what I had faid, that he aflured me, if ever he returned to fit in Parliament, and thereupon -fhewed jhim- felf Revengeful to any Man, be would permit me to fpit in his Face. In the mean time many Members of the Parliament had frequent Meetings with their Friends to confult about the moft proper means to be ufed for their Rq- ftitution , to' which I was never called, they having conceived a Sufpicion that I had too much fided with the Army. And on the other fide, thofe of the Army were jealous of .me, as indeed they had more Caufe , for my Adhe rence to the Parliament. For I had openly de clared my Diflatisfaction with their late Pro ceedings, and my Doubts of the Sincerity of their Proteftations to improve their Power to the Publick .Advantage. I had refufed to be prefent at their Committee of Safety, or in that of 'Nominations, tho' confifting of the fame, Perfons the Parliament had formerly appointed, excepting only Sir Arthur Hafterig. And be ing One day in the next Room to that where they ufed tofitj and Lieutenant ^General Fleet wood, with others, prefling me to go in, telling me,* that they wanted one to make a Quprum, and that the Officers to be approved were ho neft Men, and -fuch aslefteemed; yet I utter ly refufed to have any thing to do with them. ~ " J But C 7*6 ) But Sir Henry Vane and Major Saloway did prevail with themfelves to aft with them in their Commit tees, and to difcharge the Office of Commiflioners of the Navy, to which they had been nominated by the Parliament, and continued by the Officers of the Army. It being refolved by the Members of Parlia? ment, to open a way, if poffible, for their Re turn to the Houfe , they prevailed with Colonel Whetham, then Governour of Portfmouth, to admit Sir Arthur Haflerig, Colonel' Walton, and Colonel Morley , with lome Forces into that important Place: Who thereupon immedlf ately declared for the Parliament, and iflued out Orders for more Forces, to come tq their Aflift- ance. They alfo difpatehed Letters" to Monk to warrant his Undertaking* ^and invited the Fleet to join with them. The Gommiflipnersthat had been appointed by Colonel Monk, to treat with thofe of the Army, had no fmall part in pro moting this Diverfion of the Forces of the Ar my ; yet to colour their Defigns , they endea voured at the fame time to lay afleepthe Wal? lingferd*Houie Patty , and to make them believe that they defigned nothing more than a good Underftanding with them. By which Arti fice they caufed him , to > negleft thofe means which they had in their Hands to reduce Monh and his Party, who were not to be compared with the Forces of the Army, either for Num ber, Experience, or Unanimity. For tho' by his Jplemn Proteftajeioiis. and. publick Declarati on C 747 ) on of his firm Refbiution to adhere to the Par liament, and their Caufe, againft a King, fingle Perfon, or Houfe of Peers, he.had deluded di vers of thofe who were at a diftance from him, and who from their Enmity to the Faction of the Army, were ready to truft any that might probably refcue them from that Servitude ,• yet thofe who approached him nearer, and under- ftood him better, finding him on all Occafions to epcourage the moft vicious, and to prefer Men of Monarchical Principles, though of the moft fcandalous Lives, to all the Offices that became vacant , few fo dlearly into the Drift of his Defign, that moff of the Officers who had any Sence of Religion, or common Honefty, abandoned him, and joy ned themfelves to Colonel Lambert; and after them, about Three hundred Horfemen , leaving their Horfes and Equipage behind them , did the' fame. But this proved very prejudicialin the Confequence to the Pub lick Service : For thofe Officers that deferted Monki gave him an opportunity of filling their Commands with his own Creatures,- whereas, if they had continued with him, they might nave had a' confiderable Influence upon the whole Party, to make ufe of as Opportunities had offered. • The Horfe likewife that aban doned him, made room for others, who were mounted and equipped without Expence , and compofed of 'fuch as were fit for, his purpofe. Vet for all this, the Treaty went on between him and the%rmy, and feemed to draw near to (748) . to a Conclufion, it being agreed that he fhould have one part of a Sum of Money that had been appointed to pay his Forces : That he fliould.be one of their Committee for the No* mination of Officers to fuch Places as fhould be vacant in the Army : That a Reprefentative of the People fhould be called witjji all conve nient fpeed ; and to that end Commiflioners fhould be appointed by the Military Power of the three Nations,; to confider and agree upon ihe Qualifications of fuch as might be ejected, and fit as Members. Accordingly thofe en- trufted by Monk, nominated Mr. Scot, Sir James Harrington, and Colonel Thompfon, on theiff part : Lieutenant-General Fleetwood, Sir Henry Vane, and Major Saloway, were appointed for the Ar my, or Wallingford-Houfe Party : And on the part of the Forces in Ireland, Colonel Barrow, and lieutenant-Colonel Dobfon were joyned with me, to be Commiflioners, to confider of trie Qua lifications of the Perfons to be elected, as afore- laid. -A General Council of Officers was alfo appointed to meet at White- Halt, on a certain Day, and to confift of two Perfons of each Regi ment in the three ^Nations, to be chofen by the Officers of the feveral Regiments. It was defired alfo, that the Fleet would fend their Deputies to this Aflembly , who wdre;to prepare Mat ters for the Confideration of the Reprefentative that they pretended to call. I was altogether a Stranger to thefe Counfels, the Articles ha ying been drawn up by a private "Junto ,• yet. I know ' > ¦ C 742 ), • know not how, I was perfwaded to be prefent when they were read to the Council of .Offi cers for their Approbation, where I abfoiurely refufed fo confent to any part of it, except that whereby two of each Regiment in the three Nations were propofed to meet in a General Council. Which I accounted to be the moft probable way Pf finding out the true Sence of the, Armies, into whofe Hands the Pbwer was moft unhappily fallen, and much lefs difho*- nourable, if not more fafe, than to cpntinue Ion-- ger under the Servitude of the Faction at Wal lingford '• Houfe , who had prefumed tb give Law, both to the Parliament, and the Army. I cannot omit, that at this Meeting, fome Perfons having moved, that the Commiflioners from Monk might be required tb produce their Pow ers, that it might appear whether he would (land obliged to what fhould be agreed, they could not be perfwaded f o -ihew any Orders from him to that purpofe ; and yet Lieutenant- general Fleetwood, and his Cabinet-Council, were contented to treat with them, tho? they had ne ver feen any Commiflion that they had. And now it began to be fufpected, that the Defign of Clobery, and the reft of the Commiflioners, 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 Pwn Party waver ing and doubtful. They /Well knew, that if they could fpin out the Time in Treaty, Yill the expi- ( 75° ) expiration, of the Taxes that > had been hid by the Parliament , which would happen in the Month of January next enfuing, the, Army would then be driven to great Straits for want of Money, wherewith Monk's Forces had been fupplied by the Scots. Of this .Sic Henry Fane was very fenfible , and gave both Army and Parliament for loft, when they began td trear. But the chief Officers of the Army having al ready parted'with their Honefty, by driving on their own private Intereft , were now refolved to fhake hands with their Reafon alfo, and fent down to Scotland one Doctor Clarges: Brother to Monk's Wife , and a known Royalift , with a Commiflion to perfwade him to an Accommo dation with them. They difpatched alfo fome Forces for the Reduction of Portfmouth, but gave the Command of them to fuch 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 raifed the Militia in divers -parts, and gave but Commiflionsfor Horfe and Foot to be levied, promifing to pay all. Some of them earneftly iblicited me to raife two Regiments, one of Horfe, and another of Foot ,• but I told them, they had already as many as they could pay, artel I feared more than would be wellemploy- ed. They endeavoured all this while to keep fair with Sir Henry Fane, Major Saloway^ Tand me, making large Proieftariohs of the Sincerity of C 751 ) of their Intentions, and the great Defigns they had to promote the Service of vthe Publick, hoping that by pur continuing to come amongft them , it would come to pafs that thofe who had a good Opinion of us would extend it alfo to them and their Actions. But they were ob liged to difcover themfelves more openly on the following occafion. The Parliament had ma- nifefted before the laft Interruption, an Inclina tion to eafe the People of the Payment of Tithes , and in lieu of them to appropriate a certain Sum of Mdney for the Maintenance and Encouragement of the Miniftry, to be diftri-, buted in a more equal manner than had been formerly practifed ; hoping, if this could beef* fe#ed , that the Clergy would no longer have any other Intereft to promote than that of the whole Commonwealth, nor be a diftinct Party from the People. It was well known alfo to the Lawyers, that they ftill retained the Defign of regulating the Practice of the Law, and re lieving the People in that particular. Thefe two Parties therefore being equally concerned to perpetuate the Abufes practifed amongft tbem, became equally fenfible of the common Pangers. And in order to prevent it , Whit- ieck, and St. Johns for the Lawyers, with Do ctor Owen, and JMr. Nye ,{ for the Clergy , who at this time had frequent Meetings in the Savoy, entred into a private Treaty with the principal Perfons Pi\the WaSingfor^Houfe Party, and of fered to raife a Hundred thoufand Pounds for the Ufe (.75* y Ufe of the Army, upon affurance of being pro* tecled by them in the' full Enjoyment oftheir refpectlye Advantages and Profitis? ; with this farther '^ndition, that they fhould oblige them felves not to hearken any longer to the1 Advice of Sir Henry Fane. Whereby we were left deftitute of Hope, to fee any other Reformation of the Clergy, than what they themfelves. would con fent to,- ahy other Regulation of the Law,' than the Chief- Juftice,? and the Commiflioner, of the' Seal would permit ; or any more Liberty for ten der Confciences, than the Lord Warrifton. would be pleafed to grant, whoreprefenting the Scotiifb Intereft, made up the third Eftate of our Refor mation. I began now to think all, my time loft that I had fpent in endeavouring to reconcile bur bro ken and divided Counfels, and hadno hopeSleft, but from the General Council of Officers, which was to corifift of two Perfons to be nominated by each Regiment in the three Nations, as I faid before'. , In order to: this Meeting ," War rants were figned and iflued out for their. Electi on, to the Armies in England and Ireland; and Monk\ Commiflioners departed for Scotland,- to procure, as they laid, allThings to be done there , according to their Agreement. But Monk kept himfelf upon the Referve^ and in ftead bf making good what his Commiflioners had \promifed, he defired time to confider of the Articles of the Treaty, and required ah Expla nation of feveral Particulars therein contained : So ( 753 ) So that much time was fpent in Meflages be-^ t ween him and Lambert. Amongft others,: GolZjittchey was fent to tempt him with Pro- mifes,and Offers Pf Advantage; but he having ftruck a Bargain in another Place, made ufe of ^tff^yprefeoce only to keep the Army-Party in expectation of his Compliance, thereby gain ing time, which he knew would fhortly bring the Affairs of the Army to the laft Extremities. ' He gave out no Orders to the Regimentis that were with him to elect Members for theGene- ral Council of Officers, as had been agreed by fiisCommiffioners,but formed new Difficulties ^ every day to avoid confirming the Treaty; and Under pretence that Col. Wilkes, one of his Commiflioners,, had too much inclined to the Intereft of the Army, he difmiffed him from his Command. Notwithftanding which, fiich Folly arid Stupidity had , feized thofe of the Army, that upon loofe and general Promifes of Compliance they continued thier-Correfpon- dence with him. The Time fixed for the Meeting of the General Council of Officers be ing come, tho the Deputies from Ireland were nbt)wtived,nor any from the Army under CoL Lambert ; and tho it was well known that none 'Were chofen to rdprefent the Forces with Monk in Scotland, ; yet thofe of Wallingford-Hoafe re folved to act as if they had all beert prefent. I bad written to fome of the Officers in Ir^add% that if they fhould take a Refbiution id fend any Perfons to this Council, they would do ?,. ~- * Cec weli ( 754 ) Well to,make choice of fuch as were rnoft in* dined to the Rdftitutibn of the Pariiamept ; but that, as to my own particular, I Was not willing to have any thing to do amongft them. Notwi|;hftandingwhich Tfobn received a Let ter by the hands of Col. Salmon from the Offi cers in Ireland , to defire me to act for them at ihe General Council ; which having imparted tp fome of my Friends, and they coneurrirk to encpuragemetoit, I would not refute to fewei theni. Being in the Council, I did what I epaulet to procure the rteftitutiori of the Parliament, wherein I was much aflifted by Co]..Rfchi Five or fix days we fpent in a Debate concerning the Form of Government^ which had been drawn rip, as I faid before* expecting the Arrival of thofe that fhould be chofen for Ireland^ Scot land, and the Army in tjie North of England. During which time Col. Rich and I took fre quent Occafions of informing the Officers con cerning the Pubhck Affairs, defiring: them to be cautious of engaging themfelyes in any De fign, of which they might have Caufe after-; wards to repent, and exhorting them to coritri* bute their Endeavours towards fettling^fuch 2 Cover nmerit as all good Men plight concur in, and live happily under. We met with fuchr &iccd;fs iii our Mcpurfes with the OfHcers^thai; tho the WaOmgf&rd-Houfe Party had influencecf the Ejections as much as they could, and under oretence that the Fleet was at too great a df- ifarice, arid divided into too rjiany Squadrons to be (755) be in a capacity of chufing in due time, had caufed the Committee of theAdmiralty to no minate whom they pleafed to ferve for the fleer, yet they found their Wheels to move fa ,|3wly,, that to facilitate their Bufinefs they were obliged to fend away divers Officers to their Commands,- under-colour that their Pro- fence was neceffary in their reipeclive Stations, by reafon of the Dangers that threatned them from all Parts ; when indeed, the true Reafon of their Difmiflion was taken from the Diffa- tisfacf ion they began to fhew with the Pro ceedings of the Chief Officers. By thefe and other means it came to pafs^ that the" Grandees of the Army refolved tofpend no more timein the Debate touching the Form of Government; and therefore defired a Conference with Sir Henry Faneand Major Saloway, who being un willing to meet them1 Without me, prevailed with me to accompany them to Wallingford^ Houfe ; where Lieutenant-General Fleetwood expreffed great Uneafiriefs on account of the Publick Diffractions, and defired them to ad vife him what meafures to take to remove the prefen*Difficufties, aiid to prevent greater Mit chiefs which feemed impending over us. Thelb Cenridmen fufpecting the Defigns of Fleetwood and his Barty , kept|fadrnfel ves on their Guard* and iri an ironical manner told him., that the moft certain way to cure all things would be tb fet up Richard again. Juft as I thought, laid Meetfrwd. it hat happened, that the coming of - -- > gcq-z mfy ftty Lord RtebwMa, $a00^iourt wqttld give an Occafiori of ^Jealqufy , and then protdfted; that his Removal thither proceeded frptn him felf, that he had not been aclvifed tq.it by therp^ and that they hid* 110 Intention tp fet him ^n1 again. We fiiisved wjiat we thought moll' leafonabld concerning his ^naoval tp that Place.- But tothat of , his ReJHtutipb,? Major Saloway asked the@$ whether tbijr^ mjght not be brought to that pafsastomakeitiiecenary, tho they intemledi.it not? which ffkelwood.de-' iiyingy the Major grefled hiti> farther, and.de- ,iired to know from hirrr , if it \ydre not poffi ble that the Neceflity of ?our Affairs imght ob lige us to a'Coriaphaftce with Charks Stuxaru Thus they flood uwn> their Guard on both Parts* not adventuring to truft one another v. that nfutual Confidence* , by which tliey had' done fo much being mtltely loft. However? that I might not be wanting on my par t, I told them with my ufualffreedom, thaf^he j^eftitu-; tion of the Parliamejit* feemed to me to be the only Remedy to recover us from our prefent JDiftemperS, and to prevent the fatal Cbnfe- quenees of our Divifions. . Tq this, the ^ieme-j nant General anfwered, that.ajECordlng^tb an' Agreement made between them and l^orGe-s, JtieraiJ Lambert before his < Departure, ^nothing could bedonein that Mafcr withoutjiiutuaV Confent ; and fo we parted with a§ little Satit fe&ion on either fide as we brought with us. from them I went to the Council of Officers (> 717 ) who were therraffembled, and wis mph fur- prized tp find them debating whether a!Nfew Parliament fhould be called, and ready to go to the Queftion ; which Ldoubted not would pa^s ijn the Affirmative, having obferved that it met with little Qpppfitipn, except from Col. Hick Arid tho' I had but little hopeto obftruct theDefign, yet that I might difebargemy Du ty, Itook theliberty to lay before them the In- jufticeand Vanity of fuch aftefolution, endea vouring fo prove that as they had no Authority to warrant them in that Attempt, fo neither would it beof any Advantage to the Nation if it fhould fuecded. I defired them to confider how great an Enterprize they were about o Undertake, without any fufficient Authority to juftify rhern in it : That they could not pre? tend to any from the Paffi&ment, and that it was as evident they had none from the Nations, no not from the Military part pf them, the Depu ties from Scotlandand Ireland being not arrived, hor any from the* Army in thei^orth of Eng land: That at leaft one' third part of the. Offi cers prefent were againfttherr Defign ; and that it feemed to me to be an unaccountable Pre-^ ftmptteri for two thirds of about a fourth part of the Army to undertake to put a Period to the Civil Authority. I endeavoured to perfwade them that the Defign was as vain and foblifh as unwarrantable and unjuft ; for by this means Jbey would utterly difoblige the Parliament and all their friends, who were very numerous: . <75& ) JThat Monk having declared againft them alrea dy, and the greateft- Number of their own Body difapprbving the thing, it would come to pafs, that all things' would be brought into a miferable Confufiol;. and i^rnay be the Com* Irion Enemy would find means to return, ano! utterly deftroy th6 contending Parties. But their Refolution being already taken, in confe quence of the„ Agreement they had made with, . the Clergy and Lawyers, we could obtain no more than a Refpire, of the Conclufion of this Debate till the Afternoon. f*|3oing out of the Council,I defired Col. Desborgw, whole Intereft I knew to be very great with the reft, that he would defift from the farther profecution of this Defign, reprefenting to him, as well aslcould, the Cbflfufions arid Mifchiefs that, would inevi tably' entiie upon it. To which be anfwered, that the Parliament had deceiyed,, thern tVyice, and that they were now refolved to put it put of their Power to do it again, In the After noon the Debate wasreaffugjpd.; anda Mption being made that they would v take, the Reftitu* tipn of the Parliameutint^ |bgir Cpnfideration, CoL Desborom% to keep his Word, 4id what he could to aiperfe the Parliarrient;, faying, that they had not performed any part of the*Prp- mifesthat had been made for them bef?ore their firft Return to the Hoiile, having made no Provifion for the itLord Richard as he called'. faim, nor. granted a fatis&^pry Indemnity ; bat by the Infertion of divers j^lku^Claufes ¦ :•--,; - had (759) had rendred it absolutely ineffectual: That they had taken no care to fecure a Liberty to tender Confeiences, nor to provide for the Publick Safety by eftabllfhing a Select Senate : That they had manifefted their Unworthinefsnot on ly in thefe Negatives, hut had ahopofitively declared their Intentions to ruin the Army, by removing the Principal Officers,^ and placing ©thers in their Commands who were of a diffe rent Spirit and Principles, and by drawing up one part of the Army againft the other, ia or-« der to deftroy both. For which Reafons he declared his Opinion tP be,that to reinveft thole with Authority who were fo manifeftly unfit for that Truft* would prove the worft of all the Expedients that could be propofed. To this Difcourfe I thought my. felf obliged to tnake fome* An/wer* and therefore took the freedom to fay* That the Parliament being Men, were liable toPafSdns, and fisjbjectto Imperfections, but that it might be faid with out Immodefty, that they had been chargeable with as few as any bf their Predeceffors, and poflibly fewer than thofe that had pretended tp fucceed them : That they were the only Num ber pf Men that had any legal Call to the Sri- pream Authority,! That Cod had eminently appeared for them ,\ and wonderfully affifted them to fobdue all thofe that had oppbfed them bnth at home and abroad : That they had been fo frugal of the Publick Furfe, that upon the firft Iatej^ptioa IxyCrowwth a vaftSum wa£ C c c 4 /-. found ( 76V) found in tfffc Treasury, thcffheir Armies and . fleets had laden fully paid y ano* their? Maga zines plentifully furnillted with Naval: Stores. How thefe Advantages had been improved by thofe that had ufurped their Authority, was 'fyel known; and how the Arrhies and Fleets had been paid* they themfelves were tfa@beft Judges. At the Return of the Parliamiii* tb the Exerciie of their Authority, in the p&ce of thofe yaft Sums' they had left in the Priliilf Coffers, they found a Debt of two Millions' andfbur hundre|; thoufand Pounds contracted by thofe who had^akdriupon t^em the the M&- riagemerit rjt? Affairs* • I defired jthem to oljH ferve how un juftly t|d Parliamen##asaccufeft of breaking iheslr.PrimMs, who had ptomifed nothH^; Thttfome of us indeed? as private Men had engaged to ptelipe certain' things in the Houfe at t^ Requdftt0f -fame Officers of thd Artfy ; but at tfife iarild^ime We acquaint ii* fherhf that we coildnotarffwer f&T a,nyHhiag. ekcept our b*n fineefeEh-d^lVdurs' 'intlfet M&- f-:_ . ¦ a J.-jx.L£.T-^.^4JiJj:i^''j»t^jrt«i*tiaLiwij,_-..-5r i'tLi • . fair.' ' An'd'^fl'ap^e^fedtd lhlii.f^-es|4:if the Pdrliamehlhadnot db%'tl4bfethtl^C:iA,' wi&ch - wlehad JtomiFed out Endea^ori^ha ving un* •derjtkfieW^lo' |>aFmbfe:>tMii pi*ty thbi^ahd "Pooijdsfpr W. 'Richard Crdmid.^^mtl^^^ would bd left iri the efcy Pbf&ffion bf i&lMfr elgfitthouTandPouhds a year', bdfides Woodsf. Pfate, I Je^elsv and otheNhings^ of Value i ftiviri|r>affe& that Very Cliifofbr Liberty of , .0fScers themfelves in their Addrefs; a,nrl ha ving inderitn jfied the Souldiery i$as full ajjd ample manner as could be defired, with reipect to their paft Actions, nbt only Military But iCivilalfb; with this only Reservation, that ithe Parliament might,, if they fhould find Carife, call to account fuch as had received Bribes and exorbitant Salaries, which was only defigned as a Check upon thofe who had been and ftill were Enemies to the Commonwealth. As to what related to the Chief Officers of the Army, I told them it hadbeen made good to a tittle-; for they had continued Lieutenant Gene ral Fleetwood to be Commander in*Chief of all their Eorossin England and Scotland: But if lit ^yas their Intention that heifjibuld be Com mander in Chief of the Parliament alfo, I con- feffed my felf perfwaded that it never had en* tred intotheHead of any of thofe Perfons be- fore^mentibned, to engage for that ; and there fore what the Parliament; did in caufing hirh and the reft,pf the Officersto take their Com. rnMions from them, af d inferring a Clarife in that of the Commander in Chief^that it fhould' continue during this, Parliament, or till their farther Orders Was no way contrary to the Pro- mjfe of theliid Gentlemen. Neithirxould it be a? juft Ground of Exception to thofe of the Armyj tfjjtheit Intentions were fuch as they bught toTbe; for the Parliament being era-' Barqued inthefame Veflel, would find it, ne- csffary, as well fbr their own Security* %$ for 'that ( 7'fia ) that of the People, to leave the Sword in faith ful Hands a#the time of their Diflblutioni which they had fixed by a Vote qf the Houfe. And lince they ftill infilled upon their Select Senate, I deiired them to remember that I had declared in the Conference my Opinion to be, Thar, if fuch a thing could be made ufe of for a time to jpreferve our Caufe by an Extraordinary Power, I thought I fhould not be* againft it without better Information ; but if they defigned there by to erect a Military Power,1 in equal or fupe- fiour Authority to the Civil, I fhould opppfe it to the utmoft bf my Ability : And hadfarther added, that I was fully, perfwaded I therein delivered the Senfe and Intentions of .thegreat- eft part of the Parliament. To this they could make no Reply, being confeibus of tbe.Truth of what I faid ; * but having made an Agree ment with the Clergy, asi laid before, that ufed to meet at the Savoy, they refolved to pur ine it, and cbncludf d, that confideringthe pre- ferit posture of Affairs,a New Parlia ment ftiould becalled^ as the moft probable means tq reciQli- cile all Differences. They agreed alfo with the Minifters, that their Maifttcnance by Tithes fhould hot be taken away till another Revenue as ample and certain fhould be fettled upon them : That fome Provifions fhould bemi^e for thofe who differed in Faith and Worfbip from the Eftablifhed Church ; but that the* Quakers and fome others, whofe Principles, they faid^ tended totheDeftrudf ion of the&vilCociety, fhould not be tolerated at all. .Whilft ( 76j ) .Whilft the Army was thus employed, the Parliament Party was not wanting to pro mote their Intereft, and to that end form ed ,a Defign to, get the Tower into their hands. ¦': Colonel Fitz% who was then Lieu tenant of the Place 9 had confentedrthat Co lonel Oky, with three hundred Men, fhoy,Idlie difperfed about the Tower, prepared for the Enter prize, promifing that on a certain day he would caufe the Gates to (je opened early in the Morning, to let him pais in his Coach ; which Opportunity Col. Okey with his Men taking, might eafily feize theOuards, and poffefs him felf of the Place - and their Attempt might have fucceeded, had it not, by I know not what Adcident, been difeovered to the Lprd Iyfayor, who informed the Army of it the Night before it was to. be put nf execution. Whereupon Col. Deshorow, with fome Forces, was font thither , who changed the Guards, feized the Lieutenant of the. Tower, and left Col.J|ff/#sr,to command there till- farther Order J Another Party appeared for the Parliament ih Wlltfhire,under the Command of Major Croke ; who having told divers of my Friends in* that County; that the principaf'Reafons of his Diffa- tisfaction with fpe ^Proceedings of the Army had bf entakenfrom what! ha^ laid in the late Council of Officers, he prevailed with divers of them to .fide with him, and fo marched to* wards Fortfmouth, in order to join Sir Arthur Hafferig and Col. Morley, who faad already • poffeffed ,0*4,) ;poflefled themfelves orthat Place, ana1 declare^ for the Reftitur|on. of the Parliament. About the fame tirfiei?*^- Caftle'was fecund fbr thd Parliament, Whereby thdCummMcatiqrr of thofe in'thei$? of Plight with Bn&lkMbeing rendrcd vet'y "difficult, thef differed for the Parliament ahS. :*The Fleet began to incline tb the fame Cot|rifels, and di%atcm$ a Me&k$rv to Sir Anbuilfaferig at PoftfmtMth, tq|ffurd him," they would d# notmftjfin pppbfitipn to •them. itfthis'ConjuttctdVe "the Parliament Party tefolved«tofehd pqt}Wal§d, who was one of them, to comrntinicatef the prefent '-State/' of Anairs to Col. p^k,*^ tq advife him what meafures he ffiduld take. • ?' In the mean time the W*aUingf or d-houft Par ty," as if infatuated b?y?a fuperiour Power to procure their ow^fi Deftructioh| continued 6b- ftinately tb oppofe the Parliament, and fixed in their Refbiution tocall another. On ', the other fide, I was ferry to find moft of the Parliament "Men as ftiff, Jn rehiring an abfoltite Submim?^ On to their Authority,' as if np .differences ]jad happened aWbn^if us, nor the rfrivifedges: o^ Parliament ever Been viorat^d,peremptbril^ln- fifting Upon the intire Subjection of th? A^my, and refufins tb hearken to any Terms of Ac* commpdatibn ,? tho' the Kecefnty of Affairs feemed to demand it, if wp would preTerVe our Caufe from Ruin. Therefore, tho' I had refolved to depart with all convenient fpeed to my Charge in ijr'elmd) yet I wasihducedtopV- ' " ' " fet 0«S.'> fer my Journey for fome' time , at the Sqllata* tion of my Friends,*wjjo perfwaded thernfe{vfi| ^bat I, might have Intereft enough with both Parries to procure an Adcbmmodatipo bet ween? frbem,. . To that end I took all qccafions to mo derate the Spirits of , the Members of Parlia ment,;. and that I might not gender my felf fufpeaed tqtlie Officers , I continued to fre quent their Councils, whjch I was* the more willing to db, becaufe the Irifh Brigade that was with Cot. Lftmkert ijad figntfied' to the Council bf Officers that? they had c^olfen me witfi Lieutenant Col. Walker, arid two Gentle men more whofe Names I cannot recollect, to renrefeif tthem at their Meetings. ,J>X this f imeCojf. Lockari 6bVernour of Dun- iirh finding his Work at an end abroad by the Conclufion qf a Peace,betweenjhe Crowns of France and Spain, returned to England; and cprning to wait dp Sir Henry %»e,pne day at his Houfe, it was my fortune tb be t$ere at the • fame time. In the Cbnverfatiori we had, be very much lamented the Divifiphs that were among us, affirming that' iif thpy bad not pro ved an Obffr uctk>n to him in his Negotiations, we might have had wjiat "Terms we could bave asjKed either from France or Spain. The Army having refolved, as I laid beifore, tc^calla new Parliament, and many Difficulties ar|ling amprigft them touching thai matter, they referred the Qdrffidetation of it to their Committee of Safety, who haying (pent fome time o«o time in the Debate, reported as theirbj&nioti to the Couricil of Officers, Thit thebeftway to bdtakerifor fummoftirig\a Parliament would bd to act therein according to antient Cuftoro, directing only fome few Qualifications to be ob ferved a^s well in the Electors as in the Perfons to be ele^edU Which When I perceived,and that no Rules* for i Qualifications could po0$yl be given and executed within the time appointed fot the Parliament to meet, and that the Defign. of the" Army tended mariifeftly.ro have fuch a Parliament as would permit the jvfen of the Sword , to pbftefsthemfelves of the Supream 'Authority; or if they fhould refafe to bb brought to that, then, being a Creature of thd Army ;f they ftiould bd difmiffed with Scorn* 2nd -the: PbWer^fefurited by the Military Merit :' Fbrthd prevention' of thefe Mifchiefs I prbpofecf fotheCouncil of Officers, that theEffehtials of OUr Caufe might be clearly ftated^ and decla red inviolable by any Authority whatfpever; and that? in Cafe any Difference fhould bdrearl$|* arife between the Parliament and the Army touching thofe particulars br any of trfe&£ a cerrMrtnurtfbdrbf Perfortsof known Integri* ty ffiightbeappbihted^by this Council finally to determine the mattdrV The Council having; without much difficulty agreed to this" Propor fitioti^I puefumedto prbce£dfarther; and beirii; - fulfy pdrfwaded tbat iflubh a Powef were coiW ferred upon honeft and difihtetefted PetforisY it would give more fatkfa^ioii to goodMen^ and (767) and fetter provide for the Publick Safety, than tobaVe thermal Decifion of all things left to a Mercenary Arjjpy, jl adventured to give in a Lift of one and twenty Perfons for that Ser vice , who fhould be called Confervatars1 if Li berty. Then we went upon the Debate of fuch Particulars as fhould be referred to their Cognizance and Judgment, .»¦ which were as iblloweth : ; -«'.y; i. That the Government fhould apt be al* tered from a Commonwealth, by letting up a King, fingle Perfon, br Houfe of Peers. > ? 2. That Liberty of Confcience fhould not be violated. .r 3. ThattheArmyfhouldnotbediminiOied, their Conduct altered ^ nOr their Pay leffened without the Confent of the major part of the Cpnfeivators. „ "¦¦,-*• Having proceeded thus far, it was refolved to put the Names bf the Perfons contained in the Lift, to the Vote of the Council for their Approbation, which was done in this manner. Everyone of theCounciLhaving received two fmall Pieces of Paper , in one of which was Written an N for thd Negative , and in the other an A for the Affirmative, when the Can didate's Name was propofed, every Man pue which of thofe he plea^d, into a Hat ; which done, the Papers were taken out, and being found to agree for number with the Perfons f,\- .there 0??3. tfeere prefent, if the greater number of Papery were marksdf with the Letter A, tberi thePerr foriproppfed wasaccpunteO?to jp chofin^i^^ wifetobe omitted. X had contrived it*4^ tfe$ thelSanies of the firft %eriwOf ;Cighr Perfons qf the Li%'%eie; Pfficer,.s?of their own Party ; except lyia jpf^flW? arid Sit Henry Vane, by, which mdansj^eflyitcaftte to pafs that the, two laftpaffeiwit'houtOppofitjpn:; JJulthej* they made a Breach upon the Order, and h$* vifig, pur, my Name to the* Queftion ag^ft my/ Will; I was approved. Which whenthey hai/doqe^tidutenant General Fleet wood propq-/ fedCckMicbbtrp, orb who had lately; moved to fet up MicbardCront&jel again, and after hint the Lord frarr0$n,tfmh$d publicklyddclared aga^ftXiberty of Cprif^ridfj, with t#. SfmM-, land; Sir Qilbert. 'pMkemg*, and two pr three more, all pf thejt feattfon, and ptocured then! tb be cbofen in the room of Sir Arthur Hajknigf Mr. Wallop , Col, Woltm.%, Col, Afatifa; W* Henry Nevil, and QqlMfrkf; fwhb wdr^ne^ in order upon? the Lift, and withwhoml?: •-,4p- figngd to balance the W&llingford\loufe%ax%$± ' But by^ putting in tbefe Crea^res in th^lriPJa- cesi it was evident they defigned, nothing le# than to draw the, iifhole.„ Power into their own Hands; audfeft we fhould doubt of their Intentions, they gave an ExdtuGpri^Gbl. Rick, tho prefent , and a confiderable OjScer. in the Army , becaufe they fufpectejjiim not to fa?* vour their Arbitrary D^gns. Here my Pati* enctt ( 7^9 ) ence began to leave me, and I told them openly that feeing they intended only to carf y on a Faction , and to govern the Nation by the Sword, I refolved to have no more to do with them, and thereupon refufed to give in my Bjl- let upon the Names of the fix or feven Perfons that were laft propofed : but they cqjnpleated their Number, and in the next Publick Intelli- gence/Caufed the Names of thofe one and twen ty Perfons, whom they had elected to be the Conferva tors of Liberty , to be publifhed, to the VVorld, with notice of their Refbiution to fummon a new Parliament, thinking thereby to pleafe the People : but they were miftaken, for no Man that loved his Country could approve of it. And the Cavalier Party conceived fuch, Hopes of their own Affairs, that they grew impatient of any further Delays, and defigned the Deftruction of the Army by open Force. To that end divers of their Party , who had fled to Parts byond the Seas , returned fedretly to London, and entred into the Confederacy. The time of putting their Defigh in execution was agreed, and the Places of Rendezvous bding ten in number, all iri and about the City, were appointed: But it happened again that the Ar my received Information of the Confpiracy the Evening before it fhould have been execu-| ted, and being alfrrned at the Danger, they immediately font divers Parties of Horfe and Foot to take ppffeilion of thofe Places which were appointed by the Enemy for their drawing - - Ddd to- ( 77° ) .. tsteether ;' by Which means they feized fome of them i' Who at twelve a Clock, the fame Night were already come together compleatly arm*d on a part of the Temple nefcr the Wa ter-fide. Others of the fame Company got o- ver the Walls, and efcaped in Boats: They look alfo at an Inn in London thirty Horfes with Saddles and Hofters,, and as many Men; ready to mount therrft Many more of the Cbrifpirators were taken at the feveral Hacesof Rendezvous, .where the Army had placedtheir Guards; arid fome of them confefled that the* Officer who commanded the Party that was jplaced near Pauls church had. promifed to join? With them ; which1 wasrnotimprobable, he be ing one of thofe who having never engaged in our Caufe, was advanced by OliverCronmel as his Creature, and fent tq Dunkirk, from' whence he had been lately recalled by the Ar my, whofe Ambition he had throughly fecond ed by his Votes fin the Council- of Officers; And tho* this StOrmJWas by the Vigilance and Care of the Army pretty well difperfed;* yet their jtafolent and arbitrary Actions gavd birtlr to Other Clouds that threatned them wit&Rran; more than the former; For foola after, the Officers that commanded 'thdPleet publifhed a; Declaration againft the Arbitrary Proceedings- ®f the WaHln^ford-Uoufe Party,rdhearfing the Particulars fbr' which they had erigagedin-me Publidk Service, and ddclaringtheir Refolution to coritinue faMtd to thofe- Engagements. This, ( 77* ) This Declaration came out fomewhat earlier than was intended, by reafon of the Arrival of Col. Obey and Mr. Scot intlie Fleet, who were obliged to go thither for Protection from the Power of thd Army, the former being known to have had the principal Share in thepefign pf feizing the Tower fpr the Parliament: The Other was not only fufpfcted to have been cori- cerned in that Affair, but alfo to keep Corre fpondence with the Generals at Portfmout h, and With Col. Monk in Scotland. The Army ho ping to quiet the Fleet with fair Words and &rge Promifes,difpatcbed Col. Barrow to them, fuppofing him to be a proper Perfon to be implpyed to lay them afleep » becaufe they Ijnew he had the good Opiriipn of Vice Ad miral Lawfon i and indeed not undefervelyj for he was a Man of Probity; and tho he had been in fome meafure fedueed by their Subtle ties, yet be was not a Confident of their Junto. Butthe Vice Admiral was too well acquainted with the pernicious Defigns pf the Army* to be cajoled into a Retractation of what he had done. . >,- The Cavalier Party about London finding |hemfelves difappointed intheir?Defign of de» ifrpyingthe Army by anInfurrectiori,atfempt- edto do it anpther way, and to that end en couraged the Apprentices to meet in great Mul- tilpdes to. petition the Aldermen and Common Council, jthat they would ufe their Endeavpurs to procure &FreeParliament to be fpeedily cat- " "'Dida «a, ( 772')' led, well knowing what the Confequence bf that would* be" iri the prefent Conjuncture of Affiiirs. Marty Men of the King's Party , and of tlefperate Fortunes, intermixed themfelves with them, and inflamed them to fuch a height of Violence, that the Army thought it neee'ffa* ry to fend a Regiment of Foot to fupprefs them under the Command df Col. Hewetfon ; who when he was come into the City, was affron ted to his Face, his Men fired upon from the Windows^ and Stones, thrown on them front N the Tops of the Houfes; and as they proceed ed in their March were fo'prefledby the Mul titude, that the Soldiers' to prdferve themfelves from their Violence, wereobliged to fire upon. tliem, and having, killed three or four of their number, the reft difperfed themfelves forr that time: But Tumults were nbw become fo fre quent in the City, that the Army -Party' found themfelves obliged to fend \ confiderable Guards thither almoft every day, to fupprefs them ; one of which being' commanded by Col. Def- horpugh, carried themfelves to roughly towards divers eminent Citizens, that they greatly? di£ gufted the whole City. The Aldermen i anoT Common Council not thinking it cpvenient o- penly to patronize thefe Diforders, agreed upon a Paper to be prefented to the Council of Offi cers, wherein having difowned the Jate Tu mults, they complained of the killing of their "Men, and of theGuards that were kept in the City, defirin^thatthey might be withdrawn, and ( ,775 ) and the Guaro1 of the,Cit?y left to the Civil Magi strate, who could not btber wife undertake-to fe- cure thePeace,and that a FreeParliament might be forthwith called. This Paper was brought • tof the Council of Officers by divers Members of the Court of Aldermen and of the, Conp mon Council; and being read, it was refolved by thofe of the Army, that if the Aldermen and Common Council would declare againftthe Family of the Stuarts, and promife to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth without a King, fingle Perfon, or Houfe of Lords, they yi/puld withdraw their Souldiers , and leave the City to be guarded by it felf They acquaint ed them alio that they had already refolved to call a Parliament : and for the farther Satisfactk pn of the Aldermen and Common Council, they appointed fix of their own number, where of they conftrained me to be one, to confer with them touching the Reafons of thefe Re- folutipns, and of tlie' late Proceedings of the Army iri the City. We met at Whitehal, and after Col. Desbort>ugh had fpent fome time in Jbewirig the neceflity of fending part of the Army tofecure the Peace of the City, and bad made large Prbtdftations of the Army's Friend- fllip to them, I took the Liberty to fay, that thofe who Were Members bf the Army could beft inform them of their own Intentions in the late Proceedings in the City, wherein I mould npt intermeddle; but having this Op portunity, and being aWell-wifher to the Ddd 3 , Com-, (774) ; Commonwealth, I would take upon rnetqput them in mind, that We had all been engaged together in the defence of our Rights. and li berties againft Arbitrary Power -; that the City had been eminently inftrumental inafiiftingthe Parliament and Army to carry on that weighty Affair, whereby they had acquired Honour to themfelves,- Efteem amongft good Menv and Satisfaction in their own Minds. , But withal it ought to be confidered that by this they had highly incenfed and vehemently provokedthe Common Enemy againft them, who tho they might carefs them for the prefent, and make them the moft folemn Promifes of future Kindr neft, would never forget the Aid and Support they had afforded tothe Parliament during the whole' Courfe of the late War ¦> but would certainly take a time to be revenged on them to the utmoft. Wherefore I defired them, as they tendred the Peace of the Nation,arid the Prefer- vation of their Perfons and Eftates, that they would not fuffer themfelves ?to be deluded by bur Common Adverfaries, and feduc'd by fpe- cious Pretences to promote that Intereft, which prevailing, wpuld riot only render all the Blood and Treafiipe that had been (pent in aflerting our Liberties, of no ufe to us, but alfo force us under fuch a Yoke of Servitude, that neither; we nor our Polterity fhould he able to bear. Divers of them feemed much furprized at this Difcourfe, becaufe they had taken other Refo- lutions^ yet others, and particularly Alder man ( 775 ) man ,Fijjwb,&ptefied their Approbation of what I had faid, and declared their Refbiution to act accordingly, provided they might be alfured not to be governed by an Army, in which I af- lured them my Judgment concurred with them, which my Actions fhould always demonftrate. And as I did upon all Publick Gccafions endea vour to perfwade our divided Parties to unite for their Common Safety, fo I am riot fenfible that I neglected any private. Opportunity to bring about that End.Therefore when I waited on Lieutenant Gerieral Fleetwood, which fre quently happened, I never failed to exhort him during this unhappy Breach , that he would ufe his Endeavours for the Reftitution of? the Parliament. About which being one day fpm>- what earneft with him, and having acquainted hira,that finding my good Offices between the Parliament-Men andthe Army, were likely to prove ineffectual, I was refolved tq go to my Station in Ireland. His Lady over-hearing thefe laft Words from her Chamber, and being in- form'd that I was alone with the Lieutenant Ge neral, fbe came into the Room where we were, and with Tears began to lament the prefent Condition pf her Husband, who, Che faid, had feeen always unwilling to do any thing in oppo sition to the Parliamentjairuring me that he was Utterly ignorant of the Contrivance ©f the Officers at Darby, to petition the Parliament ip fo infolent a manner, and had not had any part in their proceedings uppn it after.wardsiTbat>as / *" Ddd 4 i to ( 77* ) toti'etfelfjQie had always folicited h%i to comply in all things with the Orders of the*Parliamenfj and that fearing the Confequences of -the Peris tion from Darby, fhe had taken the Original, andlodked it up in her Cabinet, where it ftill was. She defired me to defer my Journey to IreliM,ti\l Differences fhould be compofed be tween the Parliament and the Army , faying, that fhe knew I had an Intereft in both, which file hoped I wouldiiriprove for the good of both, and not forget to do what good Offices I could ¦> for her Husband, who fhe Jajd had always ex- preffed a great Friend fhip for me. I confefs I was moved with the Difcourfe of the Lady, and could have been contented to put off my Journey for /re/****? fome time longer, if I had not clearly feen it impoffible to adjuft the Diffe rences between bur contending Parties. For the Army inftead of hearkning to an Accommo* dation, bad not only refolved to call a new Par liament, but alfo publifhed a Proclamation to appoint the Day and Place of their meeting. Befides, I was under no, fmall Apprehenfions that Diforders might arife amongft the Officers in Ireland, which was my peculiar Province, and therefore I refolved to haften my Depar ture , and acquainted the Lieutenant General that my Refbiution was fixed, at which both he and his Lady feemed much troubled. The next Morning 1 went with Sir Henry Fane and Major Saloway to the Chamber of the Horfe- Guard at Whitebal, where the principal. Offi cers -( 777 ) cersufed to meet, 'in order to take leave of them, and to let them know how much we were diffatisfied with the Meafures they had taken: But when we came there, we found them under great Confufiqn, by reafon of the certain Information they bad received, That the Fleet had unanimoufly declared for the Reftitution of the Parliament. This bfews had wrought fiich an Alteration in them, that they exprdffed to us their Readinefs to comply. with the Defires of the Fleet, ? fo it might be done upon convenient Terms, and earneftly im portuned Sir Henry Fane, and Major Saloway to go down to the Fleet with fome of their Party to treat with the Commanders at Sea about the Affair. Sir Henry Fane, who was always ready to promote the Service of the Publick, accepted the Itnployment without any Hefita- tk>n, tho' the Weather then was extreme fb&rp-t- it being in the midft of Winter, and be diftem- pered with a great Cold : To him were joined Major Saloway and Col. Salmon, with Powers from the Officers of the Army, to treat with thofe of the Fleet; whereafter they had fpent four or five Days in that Negotiation , they returned to make their Report to thofe who had defired them to undertake that trouble,which to the beft of my remembrance was to this effect : that at their firft coming on board^Mr. Scot de clined to fpeak with them, and Col. Okey ufed them more roughly ; but that by the Perfwafi> pnsof Vice Adm,iral Lawfon they did at laft con- >¦•>, ¦'"':' '•¦ font . ( 77« ) lent to a Conference, where they appeared ve ry averfe to any Propofal of Terms to be made with the Parliament before their Readraifuoq, infilling -upbri the abfolute Submiflion of the Army to the Authority of the Parliament/ Another Difficulty arpfe touchih^the§o||» mifjfioners to be appointed by the Fleet 'rotreat with an equal Number of the Army, about the Reftitution of? the Parliament ; and the Vibe Admiral having propofed Sir HenrfFanet Ma- |Or Saloway, Mr. Scot, and himfelf, for that purpofe, Mr. Scot excepted againft Sir Henry Fane and Major Saloway, as Perfons that had too far efpoufed the Intereft of the Army. But the Prudence and Moderation of Vide Admiral Lasvfon rerrioved thefe Qbftructions, and pre vailed with Mr. Scot to comply. The Officers of the Army gave Thanks to Sir Henry Vane arid the reft of the Cbmnjiiffioners for their La- fepur and gbod Service, which made me con ceive fome hopes*of a fpeedy Accommodation, fince there now feemed little more remaining to be done by the Af my, but to nominate their four Commiflioners, for which they took time till the Afternoon. But fo ripe were thefe Men for Deftruction, and fo abandoned of every yeafonable Thought, that they knew not how to make ufe of this Opportunity ; and inftead of naming Perfons to treat about the Rdftitutibii of the Parliament, theu ufed all the Arts imagi nable to prevail with the Council of Officers to vote a new Parliament to be called , wherein they X 779 ) they fucceeded fo much, that one of the Princi pal of them told me in the Afternoon, that he had altered his 6pinion, and was fully con vinced that the Reftitution of the Parliament was the very worft Remedy that could be ap- pliedto the Diftempdrs pf the Nation. After they had taken thisRefotation, I refolved up* on my Journey for Iriland with all Expedition ; and having made the neceffary Preparations for my Departurejl went into the Chamber where the Council of Officers accuftomed to meet, and there freely told them, That the Meafures they had refolved to take, if purfued, would Certainly bring Ruin on themfelves, and pofli- bly on the People of England. Hereupon Col. Desborow took me afide, and propofed for an Expedient, to make choice of fixty Perfons of the beft and ableft bf the pld Parliament, to be the Select Senate that fhould have a Negative upon the Reprefentative. TO which I an fwered, That I hoped the Members of the Par liament aimed only at the Promotion of the Pub lick Good; and not at the Advancement of themfelves to Places of Power ; but if that could be fuppofed to be the Difeafe of any of them, yet the late Experience they had of the Ufelefhefs arid Vanity of the other Houfe, who made themfelves only the Objects of Scorn and plty,WQuld befufticient IP caution therriagainft treading in their fteps^and entering into aCon-r teft and Competition with thofe that reprefeht- edthd Whole Natipn, without any other Sup- l-" "" pprt ( 7*o ) - port btit that pf the Army, of whofe Unfaitk- fulnefsthey had already .made fuch evident Dis coveries; The fame day in th^ Evening Lieu tenant Cpl* Walker, whom I had defired to gp to Waffingford-tHoufe, and to bring me an Ac count of their la.lt Refult before my Depar ture, came to me with News that f hey had again changed their Meafures, and finally re solved upon the, Reftitution of the Parliament^ pretending for the Reafon of this great Altera tion , that Lieutenant ^General Fleetwood, bad been extremely difturbed in his Mind the Night before, in contemplatipn of the Mifchiefs that Were likely to enfiie if they ftiould proceed up- pp their former Refbiution. But moft Mea believed that the true Reafons of this fudden Change were taken from the Submiffion , of their Forces that had been fent tobefiege Portf- mwth, to the Generals of the Parliament, whp hadpoffeffedtbemfelyes of that Place ; where: of they having received an Account, began tp defpair of fubfifting any longer in pppofition to the Parliament. The manner of their defer- ting the Service of the Army wajs thus : They generally thought the Differences between the Parties not fufficiently important to warrant any Actions of open Hoftility, efpecially the Horfe , who in the Abfence of the?Colpne| were commanded by Major Bremen, Major to Col. Rjchhis Regiment... ffe having founded the Inclinations of the Souldiers, and informed divers of them of tfifeir Duty, gave Advice of 7 his ( 78i ) his Proceedings to the Colonel, who perceiving tfie Officers Pf the Fleet, and many of thofe of the Army, to defire the return of the Parlia ment, went down privately from London to his Regiment. Being arrived before Portfmouth, and finding both Horfe and Foot prepared for his Defign, he gave notice of his Intentions to Sir Arthur HaJlerig and the reft of the Coin- mandersin thePlace, who having caufed the Gate to be opened, Col. Rich with the Forces that had hitherto lain before the Town as Ene mies, marched in and joined themfelves to the Parliament's Generals. The next Morning af ter the News of this Event was brought to Lon don, the Army-Party fummoned a Council of Officers, confining not only of the Standing Forces, but alfo of the City-Militia, and pro pofed to them an Inftrument to fign, whereby they fliouldengage to ftahd by each other, not withstanding the Return of the Parliament. The Officers feemed unwilling to fubfcnbe the Paper, and therefore itwas not peremtorily required } but being permitted to givetheit Ap probation by Votes, they paffed it without ma ny Negatives, Whilft this Matter was under debate, Letters were brought to Lieutenant General Fleetwood, which after he had read, he called me afide, and acquainting me with the Contents of them, he delivered them to me, arid defired I would keep them private. The Subftance of them **> ttata Party of the Army in Ireland had pofleffed themfelves of ( 7&* 1 tneCafile bf Dublin, feized on Cbl. 3 arid byCok Bridge/ < 7*1 ) bridges and others, who had been very at~Uve to fupport the Usurpation of the Cromwels , f became doubtful what Judgment to make of it. However, having feen things brought to an iffue in England, I concluded it to be my Duty to hafteri to my Charge in Ireland, that if their Intentions were juft and honeft, I might encou rage and aflift thent; and ifl fhould find them other wife inclined, that I might endeavour to * educethem to their Duty. Therefore haying taken leave of my Friends and Relations, I de parted from Lendm, and being on my way to €hefker9 in order to imbark for Irela nd,l received Letters by a Meflenger font on purpofe, frpmi my Brother Ifempfm, by which I underftood that theSurprizal of Dublin had been princi pally contrived and carried on by Col. Bridget 9 Lieutenant. Cnlonel Wdrren, MaptWarde»v Major Warrenf CaP** J°I^er9 and Col. Theo- fhtlus Jones -. That the Pretence of their meet ing together at Dublin was to petition for a Ge neral Council of Officers, thattjie S>enfe of the jArmy theretouching the Publiek Affairs might be fairly collected and reprefented. Thofe who had the immediate Managment of things in Ireland having refufed to grant their Requeft, the Officers above-mentioned refolved to put their Defign in execution ; and having gained the grea^dl part of -a pppt Company that was qnarteredin the Armory near the Iron Gate of iheGaftfej they ordered three of the private So&ldiei&whr^er^ v :T that ;C7*4) that was upon the Guard, to defirehim to open the Gate, artd to let them in to do-fome Bufinefs which they pretended to have in the Caftle'. But fo foon asthe Sent jriei had opened the Gate, the three Souldiers fecured him, and immedi ately after the reft of their Confederates, with Major Warden at; the Head of them, rufhed in and furprized the Guard; %eing thus poffeffed of the Caftle, they feized upori Col. John Jones, and fent Major Warren to take into his Cuftody Mr. Corbet and Coi.Ihomlinfon, the other two Commiffioners, which he did as they were Coming from the Church. My Brother Kgmpfon was at this time in riiy Lodgings in the Caftle, and heard nothing of this Action, till fomeof the principal Perfons concerned came to him, and acquainted him with what had pafled> defiring him to join with them, which he thought fit to promife. Then they fent to Sir Hardrefs, Waller, giving him an account of their Succefs, and defired his Affiftance, tho he had hot been made acquainted with their De fign. My Brother alfo informed me, that tho *he bad contributed towards drawing uptheDe- claration of this Party to be beft Advantage he could fbr the Publick Intereft, yet he was fo unfatisfied with thdSpirit andPrinciples of thefe Men, that he Was very hardly perfwaded to fign it. The Horfe that were in the Town had for the moft part joined with this Party ; but a Company of Foot of CoL Lawrence his Regiment being gbt together upon this Alarm, 'and ( 7§5 ) and folicited to declare with them for thePafe- . Iiament, made anfwer, That they knew, not what Parliament they meant ; jjut that they were refolved to be faithful tothe parliament, and to me their Commander in Chief. In thefe Words moft of the Forces in Ireland af- terWaf dsdeclared ; and Sir Hardref Waller de fired my Brother I&mpfon to let me know, that he had carried his Life in his Hand, arid ha zarded all in this Affair for my fake. And thae there might be no want Of *Proteft ations, Ma jor Warden himfelf told" my* Brother, that tho* I thought him a Cavalier, yet I fhould find him as faithful to the Commonwealth as any Man. Yet for all this my Brother acquainted trie, that he much doubted the Sincerity of their Intentions, and the rather, becaufe Sir Charles Coote had feized Gdlway, and turned out Col. Sadler the Governour of that Place; thathe had imprifoned Major Ormisby, an Offi cer of Courage and Honefty, and had drawn together a confiderable Body both of Horfe arid Pootj eonfifting chiefly of the Englifh- Irifh. Therefore he concluded that I would lofe no tinie, but haften to them with all poffi ble Expedition. Haying received this Account of the Affairs of Ireland, and being perfwaded that Sir Arthur Haflerh was like to have a great Influence upon the Publick CounfeIs,I fent hint a Copy of my Letter, and earneftly defired him to take care not to be fedueed by fair Pro mifes and fpccious Pretences, to ftrengthen the v Bee '" 4 Handf C?86> Hands of thofe in whom he never had foatidL. nor was like to find any juft Grounds of Con fidence. Before my .Departure from chefler I made a Vifit, and took leave of£ol. Croxton Governour of that Place, who, as he had always done, gave me all poffible Demortftration of his Affection to the Commonwealth. Froth thence I went to Beaumaris, where I found a- Ship of War carrying about thirty Guns, com manded by Capt. Aldworth. And tho I had no Order from s any f?uferiour Powers, yet the Captain promifed, if he could get out of the Harbour, to fet fail for Ireland the next Morn ing. Which having dbne according to his Pro- . mife, we caft Anchor the day after in the Bay of Bullock over againft my Ffoufe at Manim-- town. But not thinking it prudent to go afhore till I had farther informed my felf of the State of Affairs, I writ a Letter to Sir Hardre ft Waller,. and the reft of the Officers, to acquaint the m> that theParliament being again reftored to their Authority, according to their Defires expreffed in their Addrefs and fate Declaration, wherein I concurred in Judgment with them, I was come over to join with them, and to afford them my Affiftance to accomplifti thofe things for which they had declared. This tetter I 'fent tb them by pur Deputy- Advocate •'; and whenthe Boat went off, Capt. Aldworth caufed his Guns to be fired, Which gave notice to thofe. at Dublin of my Arrival. At the Return of th$*Boat triy Brother IQmpfon, accompanied by divers divers Officers, came on board and informed me, .that the Affairs of Ireland were in a much Worfe Condition than at the time he had writ ten to me in England, by reafon of the Preva- le ncy of Sir Charles Coote, who with one or two more influenced' the whole Council of Officers as they pleafed ; *and that all thofe who had been displaced for Debauchery or Difaffection, had joined with him : By which means divers Offiders of known Affection to the Publick had been obliged to quit their Pofts, and yield their Garifons to his Creatures : That Col. Brayfield Governour of Athlone, having refufed to fur- render that Place to Sir Charles Coote, he had drawn his Forces before it, and by tampering with fome of the Garrifon, and falfely affirm ing that the GoVernour would deliver them up to him, he hadjprevailed with them to fet oriefl the Gates of the Caftle, and to betray their Governour into his hands : That upon this En couragement he had marched tb Dublin With a confiderable Bbdy. of Horfe , amongft whom he had diftributed a great Sum of Money to fecure them? to his Intereft : . That the like Sue- Cefs'had attended divers others of his Affociates in-feveral Parts of that Country, particularly that Cpl. EdmundTemple had poffeffed himfelf of Carlo, whereof Col. Pretty w^as Goverrictir : That Capt. Lifle had difpoffeffed Lieutenant Colonel Desborough of Drogheda;and that Major fflilfpn had feifed Limerick, whereof CoVNel- fpft had been made Governour by me : Thai* Eee 2 Major; ( 78 8"J)' Major Stanley, whom I had permitted upon his Requeft to "ftay in the Citadel of Clonmel till his Wife, who was ready to lie down , fhpUld be brought to Bed, had made ufe of the Oppor tunity to poflefs himfelf of that Place : Tha£ CoUCooper,whqm I had entrufted to command fome Forces in the North^. had fallen fick upori the late Change, and was fince dead; and that his Lieutenant Colonel had been feized by a Party of his own Souldiersj. and brought Prifo- ner tp Dublin, where a Sum of Money was given' f© them for that Service: : And that Lieu tenant Colonel Fowke , With the Affiftance of the Cavalier Party, had feized upon Toughat. My Brother alfo informed me. that Sir Charles Coote and thofe who had feizeo: the Power into their hands, had prevailed with the CoUncif of Officers to pafs a Vote, nop to receive me, as? Commander in Chief, 'till the Pleafure of the? Parliament fhould be fignified to them, pre tending me to be an Enemy to the Parliament, and in the Intereft of the Army. In the mean time Col. Phair Governour of Cork, Col. Saun ders Governour pf Ifjnfale, Col. Richards Go vernour of Wexford,1 and Lieutenant Cplbnef Arnop Governour of InniskiUin , had declared? fortbe Parliament, but refufed to obey the Or- deHjfof thofe at Dublin. In this Confufiori were the Affairs of Ireland, two Parties contending, and accounting. each other Enemies,' and yet hoth declaring for the Parliament. Having re ceived this Information, and being fully ebn* vinced^ ( 7%. ) vinced pf the ill Intentions of this Party, how ever they fought to difguife their Actions under the fpecious Pretext of Affection to the Parlia ment, fince I could not do what I defired fbr the fubliek Service, yet I refolved to endea- vpurto act as I ought, in the difcharge of that Truft which the Parliament had repofed in me. And that end I writ Letters , and dire&ed them to the'Commanders of Gar ifons, and to the Officers of Regiments, of whofe Fidelity .1 had the beft Affurance, acquainting them with the Return of the Parliament to the Exer- cife of their Authority, Alluring them pf my conftant Affections to the Parliament, and my Refbiution to adhere to them, requiring the Commanders and Officers of the refpective Ga- rifons and Regiments, as they valued the Caufe of God and their Country, to continue faithful to thd Parliament, and to withdraw from thofe, Who under pretence Pf declaring for theParlia- ment, had uforped the Power, which they de- figned to ufe for their Deftruction, and for the Re-eftablifhment of Arbitrary Power amongft. us. Therein I alfo ordered them to draw into confiderable Bodies, if poffibler and to defend themfelves againft thofe who fhould adventure to attack them ; and if they fhould be over- pbwer'd, to dra\y towards Munfter, where I w^uld ehdeavour, with What Force I could get together, to give them my Affiftance , pro-. mlfing to juftify them in their Refufal to obey anyofthofe who derived not their Authority ¦ E e e 3 from ;. ( 79° ) from the Parliament, orMe.( Thefe Letters I put into the hands of one mildmay, ,whp had accompanied ray Brother KJempfon to me, with Orders to deliver them as they were directed, Which he promifed faithfully to perform. The next Morning one of my Servants, whom I had fent to buy fome Provifions for i*s, returned on board, and jnformed me, that as fobn as thofe at Dublin had received notice of my Arrival, they fent a Party of Horfe to my Houfe, with . Orders to feize me ; who not finding me there, had marchedtowards the Sea- fide, where they lay privately, in hopes to furprize me at my Landing. Notwithftanding which our Boat, being well manned and armed, came back fafe to the Ship with fome Provifions. The next day wp law a Veffel coming from England, which proving to be the Packet-Boat, I open ed the Mail, and found therein more plainly what I fufpected, before, efpecially in one of the Letters to Col. Ihtophilus Jones, wherein fomd mention being made of the 'Affairs of Charles Stuart, it was th uncorrected , But no more of that till the next Summer. This Letter with fome others I kept , and permitted the Mafter of the Jacket- Boat to carry the reft to the Town. About Npon Capt. Lucas came to me onboard, with an Anfwer to the Letter I had fent the day before to thp Officers at Dub-? bin, wherein they expreffed great Joy for the Reftittnion of the Parliament, and acquainted me with the Refbiution of their Council of' Offi- -( 79* ) Officers conterningme, on fufpicion that I had taken part with the Army againft the Parlia ment. They alfo informed me, that they had difpatched a Meffage to the Parliament's Gene rals, for Orders from them, or the Parliament, fer their future Conduct, defiringin the mean time that I would , for avoiding Inconveni- encids, retire into England, protefting them- felves ready to obey me as their Commander in Chiefjfofoon as the Pleafure of the Parliament, or their General's^ fhould be fignified to that purpofe. This Meffenger gave me alfo the Copy of a Letter fromCot Monk to Col. John jfones, which, he laid, had been found amongft the Colonel's Papers at the time when he was feized, by which Monk endeavoured to per fwade him of his Affection to the Caufe of the Commonwealth, with a folemn Prqfeffion of his Refbiution rj» be true and faithful, to the Parliament, and to oppofe to the death the fet- ting up a King, fingle Perfons. or Houfe of Lords. Oapt. Lucas being ready to return to ^Dublin, I gave him my Reply to the Anfwer he brought me from the Officers, appealing to "their own Confciences fbr my Adherence and Affection to the Parliament, telling them, that the Duty of my Charge would not permit me to return to England in fuch a Conjuncture : That I had received my Commiflion from the Parliament, and did not find that it enjoined me to obey the Commands of thofe, who for the mojtpart had np Commiffions from them : E e 9 4 ' That ( 792 ) T.hat I wasf evolved to prbfecUfe, as far as I was able, the EnBsdf my Commiflipn fbr the Service of the Parliament, by whom I was en- trufted ; requiring them to for hear any Oppofi- tion againft md, as they Would anfwer for the Blood that might be fhed in the Difpute. I ac quainted Capt. Lucas with the Subftance of my Letter; who thereupon prOpofed, that feeing I was confident qf my good' Intentions , and thatbothmy felf and thofe at Dublin aimed at the fame thing, I would go to them, and by fatisfying their Scruples, ad juft the Differences betWeeri Us. But Itoftl him, that I was top well informed of their Principles and Defigns to, put my felf into their hands. Then, faid he, you dp not think us tb be for the Parlia ment? No indeed, faid I,; and it is moft n% nifeft to me, that the Defign of thofe who no^v govern the Council of Officer s, tho at prefent it be cbyered withPreterices for the Parliament, is tb deftroy both them and their Friends, and to bring in the Spn of the late King. * Perceiving the Palfage to . Dublin to beharr'd againft me, and being difappointed of fome far ther Provifion s that I had fent for ; the Enemy, for fuch they had declared themfelves to me, not permitting them to be brought onboard, I refolved to try if I could find Reception from any other Garifon on the Coaft, hoping that the Parliament' would in a fhort time take off the pretended Objection againft me, that I Was an Enemy tp the m. Or if they ftiould fo fat ( 79? ) abandon the Care of their own Safety, to leave the Power in the hands of thefe Ufurpers, I fhould yet have the Satisfaction of having done all that I could to difcharge the Truft they had placed in me. Butbefore Ideparted from the }}ay of Dublin, I difpatched a Relation of my Wife to England by the Packet- Boat, with Letters for the Parliament, wherein I gave them the beft Account I could- of the State of Affairs in Ireland, and defired their Inflecti ons how to govern my felf in fo nice a Con juncture ; afliiring them, that as I had never been folicitous to procure the Employment Wherein their Favour had placed me, fo I could be well contented to withdraw from that publick Station if they fhould think fit to recal me from it. To thefe Letters I added others for Sir Arthur Haflerig and Mr. Scot, with Co • pies of fome of the Letters which I had inter cepted coming from England for thofe at Dub lin. Having difpatched the Packet- Boat, we fet fail for Duncannon, where I had placed one Capt. SkynneMo command , in whom I had great Confidence, and the next Mprning about eight or nine of the CIpck we were in view of the S fioar near Wexford. Being come within a League df Duncannon, and not knowing in Whofe bands that Place might be in this ftrange Revolution of Affairs, I fent a Meffenger to Capt. ASand, whom I had made Governo ur of the Fort at Pajfage, to be informed by him of |heir Con4itien? The next Mprning pur Mef ( 794 ) fenger 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 bs delivered to thofe at Dublin, that Capt. Skynner had conftantly re fufed to obey any Orders not proceeding from the Parliament or Me. . He alfo informed me, that Col. Richards Governour of Wexford, Col. Phair Governour of Cork, and Col. Saunders Governour of Kjnfale, had acted in the like manner, and that he had hopes that thofe Of Waterford would alfo declare for me, having promifed fo tp do when I fhould arrive. But that the Perfon I had intrufted with the Com mand of Kjlkeitny had been frighted out of his Government ; and that Lieutenant Col. Hurd, who had been removed for his vicious Life and Difaffecfion to the Publick, was got into the Place. Being informed of thefe Particulars, si landed the fame day in the Evening at Dun cannon, where I was received with great De- , monftrationsof Joy by Capt. Skynner. the Go vernour and the Garifbn, who at my Arrival fired theit-Guns round the Fort, and were an- fweredby thofe from our Ship of War that lay in the Harbour, by which means thofe of Wa terford had notice of my Landing. Doubting what the iffue of things might be, I- 'took a view of the Place ; and having perceived that the Garifon was not fufficiently provided either with Men or Provifions, I took the beft Caret could for their Supply. To this end one of the K . Officers ( 795 ) Officers having engaged to bringin the greateft part of a Fpbt Company in the Regiment of . Col. Stephens, I font him out with Orders to that purpofe. I difpatched a Meffenger aMb to my Tenants at Bolly-Mogger, which lay not far from us , to defire mem to furnifh me with Corn, Beef, andotherNeceffari.es. I revictu- alled our Men of War, whofe Provifions were almoft fpent , and borrowed diyers Sums of Money pf my Friends in the Parts adjacent* which P knew to be of Angular Life in cafe, of Extremity, Having done. this,' I fent Letters to Col. Leigh, Governour of Water ford, and to the reft of the Officers there , acquainting therii with the Reftitution of the Parliament, and with my Arrival at Duncannon, in order to promote their Service,wherein I required them to afford me their Affiftance. I wrote Letters alfo to Col Puckle Governour of Roft, tothe fame effect , and difpatched pthers 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 Meffage brought by fome of their Officers, who came to make me aVifit; but I could not get a pbfitive Anfwer from them to the Contents of my Letter. And I ftill infifting that they would declare them felves, they lent one Capt. Bolton and three other Perfons to me, defiring that I would fatif- fie them touching the Objection that had been given, out againft me, that I was an Enemy to the ., (796) the Parliament*; Which having done, as J might we{I, they departed in appearance well fatisfied. In the mean time Qol.T emple with fome fforfe was ordered to block up the Fort of Duncannon ; and having pofTefled himfflf of the Ways lead ing to it, one of his Parties flopped fome Coun- r try People that were bringingfome Black Cattle for the ufe of the Oarifon ; which having per ceived, I ordered a Party of Foot, being alto gether deftitute of Horfe, to goby a fhort Way, and to poft themfelves in a Pafs through which they were to return : and tho they came too late to recoyer the Cattel, yet they prevail ed with divers of the Party to come to me intothe Fort, where they affured me that they Rad been brought before us merely in obedience to thefr fuperior Officers, and were much troubled at the Differences amongft us ; they acknowledged that they had long ferved under me, and were more willing to continue to do fo ftill, than to ferve under any other Perfon ; and that understanding that both the contending Parties waited for the Signification of the Par liament's Pleafure cpncerning the Publick Af fairs, they promifed to withdraw from the Fort, and to come no more againft us. By which it rnay farther appear how unwilling the Forces on both fides were to come to any open Acts of Hoftility, it being not eafy for Men in an ordinary Station, unacquainted with Publick Counfels, and of ordinary Capacities, fp foon to difcern the way to their Duty through the ( 797 ) . the fpecious Pretences of each Party. But the Cabal at Dublin refolving to carry on their wicked Defign by Force, if they could not do it by Fraud, difplaced by their own ufurped Authority all the Field Officers of the Ar my^ except Major Ed. Warren, with moft of the other Officers that the Parliament had com- miffionated , filling their Places with the moft vicious and difaffected Perfons they could find. Which having done, they.caufed a Report to be publifhed, that Sir Charles Coote' with a con-! fidetable Force would come to befiege me in Duncannon, whereby they obtained this Ad vantage, that our Enemies in Water ford were incouraged to appear openly, and our Friends, uncertain of the Event, would not venture to declard themfelves. ¥>efides,Col.Leigh their Go vernour began now openly to fide with thofe at Dublin, either from his Malice to me for repro ving hirri formerly for hisZeal iniupporting the Ufurpation of Cromwel, or fromafelfifb Prin ciple that was natural to him, of joining always with the riling Party ; tho being an Anabaptift, he might have confidered, 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 tP Mr. Scot a Member of the Parliament, whom I have had occafion frequently to men tion, fent a Letter to inform irne, that being ap pointed by the Officers at Dublin to reduce the i Place ( 798 ) Place to the Obedience of the Parliament^ he Was crime thitherto that purpofe. Having read his Letter, I wrote an Anfwer to it, and communicated them both to the Officers apd Souldiers of the Garrifon. In my Anfwer I told Rim that we were really for that, which they only pretended as a Colour to worfo Defigns ; that Ia&edby the Authority of the Parliament, and fhould endeavour faithfully to difcharge my Duty ; requiring them forthwith to depart, and return to the Obedience of thofe fo whom they owed it, as they would anfwer the con trary to God and Man. I defired the Captain to communicate my Anfwer to thofe that were with him, as I affured him I had done his Let ter to the Officers and Souldiers of my Garrifon. Whilft thefe things were doing, Sir Charles- Coot e, Col Iheophilm Jones, and the reft of the" Cabal at Dublinffent one Capt. Campbel to Col. Monk, to acquaint him with theProgrefs they had- made ;; upon Which he caufed the Cannon at Berwick to be fired in teftimony of his Joy, and font back thd Meffenger to them with Let ters of Thanks for their good Servke , cjefiring them not to reftore the Commiflioners of the Parliament, Whom they had feized, to 'the exereife' of their Authority : BuDas I afterwards underftood by fome of CWe's Party, he men- tionednothing concerning me iri his Letters,npt knowing, as I prelume* but that I might be in a condition to retard, if not totally obftfucl: IiisGrandDefign, as probably I had done, with' ( 799 ) the Bleffing of God, if the Parliament had not abandoned me, and their own Intereft at the fame time, by the influence of Monk's Party in the Houfe. The Junto at Dublin being very defirous to remove me from the Poft where I was, called a Council of Officers, and, having drawn up a Letter to juftify their Proceedings againft me, they procured it to be figned and fent to me from the Council , endeavouring therein to defame me with all poffible Majice,, charging me with neglecting the Duty of my Imployment in Ireland, when upon the late Interruption of the Parliament I had rather chofen to continue my Journey to London, than "to return to the difcharge of my Office ; accu- fing me for divers Paffages in my Letters which they had intercepted ; in one of which, having called CoLJohn Jo^Dear Friend, they w,ould have it interpreted , that I thereby approved hisCorrefpon dence with the Wallingford-Houfe Party : Arid in another having expreffed my Defire tb moderate things between the Parlia ment anp! 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 faw I could do no more in oppofitiontq the Parliament, I had refufed to wait their fitting, and departed for Ireland a Day or two before their Reftitution , where Lhad endeavoured: to feryd the Army by my Intereft in the difaffdcted?Party ; that finding Dublin tP be fecured- for theParliaraent by-thofe who ( 8oo ) ; who obeyed their Orders, and Would obey me as their Commander in Chief, if the Parfia- ment thought fit to continue that Power to me, I had not only refufed to return to England till their Pleafure in that Affair might be known, but alfo had endeavoured by an ,hoftile means to get the Power into my bands, at the fame time neglecting my Duty in Parliarrieht, which they faid I might have, been doing, had not my Mifearriages rendred me uncapable of that Honour. Having perufed this Letter, I thought. my felf obliged to anfwer it, as well? to clear my felf from thefe Calumnies,asto prevent the Effe£t> jit might other wife have amongft unwary Men, Which was efpecially to be regarded in this Con junclure, becaufe they had taken care to print and difperfe their* Libel againft me, I tol4 them in my Anfwer, that they well knew that in my Letters to Col. Jones, which they had intercepted, I had exprefied my Diflike of' his Correfporidence with the Army, tho ha- vingreceived Civilities from him, anp^ becaufe he had his Sword in his Hand, I thought it not imprudent tokeepfair with him, which was probably the reafon why they themlelyes were not more plainly dealt with by the Parliament : That not withftanding their Pretences of Obe dience to the Parliament , I wifhed I might not fee the Day when they fhould pofitively re fute to obey their Commands , to the destru ction of their Authority, and the Advancement of a contrary Intereft ; tho, to ferve the pre* fen* .( 8oi ) fent.turn, they now blamed me for endeavour ing, in the midftof the Confufion that the Ambition of the Army had brought upon us, to moderate things fo , 'that their Authority might have been reftoted , and the Publick Caufe preferved from Ruin : That the Reafons of my not returning to my Command upon advice of the late Interruption were; firft, becaufe 1 knew it to oe the Intereft of the Par liament and the Army tb 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, becaufe I had feen the Letter which was fent from the Officers at London to thofe in Ireland, wberein they had declared that they had only obftru&ed their Sitting for a while : Thirdly, I hoped at my Departure I had left the Affairs of Ireland in good Hands ; and at the worft, 1 was perfwaded it muft of neceflity follow the Fate of England. Laftly, I doubted not that by fixing the Irifh Brigade, Which was in England, to the Intereft of the Parliament, I fhould contribute more to their Service, than by the beft Regulation that could bemade of the FQtces in Ireland : That the Caufe of my laft Return to Ireland was taken from the knowledge I had of the Perfons that had affumed the Pbwer into their Hands, and the Duty that Jay upon me to ufe the beft of my Endeavours to put a ftbp to thofe malignant Defigns, which I had reafon to believe their Principles would lead them to carry on : That - r : " Fff they ( 802; ) they nwfe pardon me, if I folfoWed npt their Advice of returning, to England, vwhen I was in the Bay of Dublin, having it not in my In- ftruictions to obey them ; arid being as fully fatjtefied of their Intentionsto make ule of their Pbwer, under pretence of ferying the Parlia- ment,to undermipe and:p!eftroy their Friends,as I Was that my own Endeavours were directed wJb?plly to their Service,, anp* that it was my Duty, as far as I could\ to-profecute the Endsor that Commiflion with which they had intraft* ed ine. Before I; had fent away this letter, I received the aftdnifhing News that the Parli ament had fent to the Officers at D0in an Ac knowledgment of their Service,in declaring for; them f and about a Week after the faid.Offipers lent a Letter to be deliveredro me , figned by fVillia/nLenthal, Speaker of the Parliament,- to defire me by their Order to attend the Par- 3iaqient,with an Account of the Affairs of Ire* fanfi, that upon confideration thereof, fuch a* Courfe might; be taken , as might fecure the Publick Intereft there. Letters to the fame ,ef-' jfec^: were writtem as I was informed , to Col". John^oneSjCohThomlinjon, and Mr. Miles Cor bet, Commiffioners for the Parliament in Ire* land&y thefe Letters I perceived that the Parlia ment was reduced to a diihonburable Compli ance with thofe who had/got the Afcendarit over them ; and therefore having received their Comands to attend them, I refolved to do hi as foon as I could,, hpping by the AccpUrtt F flaouki fhould give them, to awaken their Care,and if they were not whoIlyinfatuated,perfwadethem to makea timely Provifion againft the Danger's #faa.t fo vifibly threafned them with fudden xfeftruction. The Enemy thought I would have furrendred the Fort of Duncannon into their Hands, and to that end ufed many Ar guments to induce me fo it ; but I refufed Yo hearken to that Propofition, and acquainted them,that theJLetters I had received rather im plied tjhd contrary ; and that if the Parliament were as fenfible as they ought to be of their In tereft, I doubted1 not that Duncannon might prove a good Landing- place for anArmyfrom England,td reduce thofe in Ireland to their Obe dience. In the mean time I had caufed two or three Veffels to caft Anchor under the command of the Caftle, refplvihg to make ufe of onepf them for myTrahfpPrtatipn to England) and finding a Dutch Bottom, commanded by a French-man,to bemoft convenient for my pur pofe, I agreed with the Mafter of her for my Voyage, Before I departed, Capt. Scot, Major Barrington, and fome others of thofe' that had blpcked us up, defired to (peak with me,Which I agreed to, andamPrtgft other Difcourfe that defer ves not to bd mentioned, many of them, and in particular Capt. Scot, tho they had der blared for the Parliament, endeavoured to juft J. fy the Attempt of Sir George Booth, reviling Sir Arthur Hafkrig, and divers others who l^dife Members of the Parliament : and being Fff3 askei (, 8o4,«) asked whether they would fights againft Charier Stuart, if he fhould appear at the Head of afl Army, they refufed to explain themfelves in that particular : And yet thefe Gentle^e^ would be thought to be the only Champions$Pir? the Parliament- Gapt. Sent accompanied trie to the Water-fide,- where taking leave of Capt. Skinntr the Gbvernour arid the reft pf the Offi cers and Soldiers of theGarifon, I command ed the Governour in his Prefence, not to fun- render the Fort to any Perfon that fhould not be authorized to receive it by the Parliament or me, wherein I doubted riot he wouldhave the Affiftance of the whole Garifon, which they unanimpufly promifed. As foon asl was im- foarked, Capt. Skinner caufed all their Cannon to be fired to teftify their Refpects to me ; and ihe Wind being very fair, we immediately fet Jail for England. The next Morning We found ourfelves in view of thelffle ofLundy, and I would willingly have landed at Minhead, but the Seas went fo high; thatwd were obliged to put in at MilfordCoiitb ; where having provi ded Horfes for 'my felf and Company , we went to Barnfiapiey and lay there that Night* The day following we pafled over Axmore,* which was covered with Snow, and with- much difficulty arrived that Night at 'Lay, flack, where I was informed that Monk wast come to London, < and had brought the- fe-; eluded Members into the Houfe, which Re-' port had' preceded the Action j for it was H04 (So*) net ^et done. . But we were affured fr®m -bet ter Intelligence, tbat the Parliament,, upon con fideration of Sir Henry Vane's, compliance with the Army during the late Interruption , had difcharged him from being a Member, and commanded him to retire from Lond°a » and that having reproved Majpr Saloway for what he had done of the fame nature, they had committed him to the Tower during the Plea- fore of the Houfe. We were alfo informed that they had granted time to Lieutenant Gene ral Fleetwood, Col. Sydenham, the Lord Com- miflioner Wbitlock, Mr. Cornelius Holland, and Mr. Stmkland, * to clear themfelves .tbucbmg their Deportment in that Affair. I waS not a, httle diftu/bed at this Netos, conceiving that the Removal of fuch eminent Pillars of the Houfe, as fome t£ thefe were, would put the whole Fabrick into apparent Danger of Ruin; but being alwaysdefirous to think welf, of their Proceedings, I perfWaded my felf that thefe Meafiires were the Refult of the extraordinary Zeal of fome Men, to vindicate the Ieaft appearance of any Breach that might be foppofed to have hedri made upon the Pri vileges of the Parliament. As I was ferioufly reflecting on thefe Particulars, one of my Ser vants brought me the Paper of Publick Intelli gence, wherein I not only perceived < the former Relation tobeconfirmed,but alfo found that the Parliament had received a Charge of High Tjrdafon againft Me,. Mr- Miles Cor- r The Rules' by which the .;( Sop ) theCemmitteefor placing and difplacing Went %, WeBe, as" every Man liad been knoWafp favour br oppofe the Army Party^ without any confideration oftheReafons.thatled them to the orie or the other ; which yet had been convenient, becaufe many had carried it fair tothe Army, only that they, might.be tb?e£het- ter enabjdd to make themlenfible of theirDuty, and more eafily prevail with them to return tb the Obedience of the Parliament : And many bad rail'd at and oppofed the Army; with no Other defign than thereby to rteceffitate both? the Parliament and the Array by their Difuni- on, and the Confufiohs that would naturally dnf ue thereupon , to return tp their former Ser- Vitude- ' -*&¦•¦ '' '-.• \n the mean time Monk having left four Regi ments in Scotland to fecure that Country* and divided his Forces into two JJrigades, one of which he commanded himfelf, and Col. Mor gan the other, began his March for England On the firft Day of January^ and Pn the fecond took his Quarters at Willar, where he received Letters from the Parliament. Qn the fifth he Came toMdrpetb) and found there fome Perfons fent to him by the Comtrion Council of London, with Orders tddefire him to ufe his Intereft to calla Free Parliament* The next Day he entred 'Netvcaflle, and thence difpatched one Gumble, whom he had entertained as his Chaplain, with Letters to the Parliament and Council of State, Wherein Proteftatipns of Duty aiidL Fidelity were C Sio )v were not wanting. Divers Lawyers of the Parliament, with fome others, gave aJVleeting to Monkh Meffenger at the Speaker's Houfe ; and fevetai Citizens did the like atthe Houfeof one Mr. Robinfon : at both which Meetings, Qumhle was affured that they and their Parties Would be favourable to Mon£s Defign. Sla ving in afew Days' difpatched the Bufinefs hq came about, he returned to his Mafter, with an account of the Succefs of his Negotiation. He found hiniat Mansfield in Nottinghamshire ; and having acquainted him with the Divifions at London, and with the Inclinations of the City, Monk marched the next day to Nottingham, where he ftaid ten days. Iri* his March he removed many Officers from their Commands, - placing in their room- Perfons of ruined For tunes or profligate Lives,\making no diftintti- on betweeri therfe that had continued in their Obedience to the Parliament , and thofe who had declared againft them. In particular, he difeharged from their Imployments divers Offi cers of oUr Irifh Brigade j who had been the moft zealous for afferting the Civil Authority, and. filled their Places with fuch as had been difmiffed fbr their vicious Lives or corrupt Prin-< ciples. Wherein his Deportment was fo vi-; fibie, that Col. Martin in the Parliament-Houfe refembled him to one, that Being fent for to make a Sutevof Clothes , brought with him -a Budget full of Carpenters Tools ;. and being told that fuch things were not at all fit for the Work i 811 ) Work he was defired to do, anfwered, it mat" ters 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 belfdesan Injunction laid up on all commiffionated 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 publifh their Refolutions of adhering'tp a Commonwealth-Government xhanMonk himfelf, who in a Letter to fome of his own Countrymen of the Wettern Parts, that had addreffed him for the Reftitution of the Secluded Members, told them that he could not do it, becaufe it was not only con trary tohisown frequent Declarations, but di rectly opppfitd to the Intereft. of a Common wealth , as well as to that of the Army ; a thing not to be done by him, or born by them, being a. total Reverfing of all that had been done for the laft twelve Years in England, Scot land and Ireland, and fending to charge the Nation with all the Bleed that had been fhed during that time. He faid it wbuld unfettle the Fpffeffipnof Deans^ Chapters,DeUnquents, Crown and Rebels Lands ; and in fine, if we fhould fuffer Monarchy to return amongft us, after lb long a Fruition of a Commonwealth, we {houid be driven to a WPrfe Cpnditipn than - ever. ( 8i2 ) ,^ver, and put paft all hopes of appearing to de fend our Liberty any more. Herad vifed them therefore to acquiefce in the Authority of the prefent Parliament , *whO, he affured them, were moft ready to heatlen to all reaforiahle PrOppfitions touqbing the good and happy Set tlement of the Nation. Arid that this Anfwer might be taken notice ofby all Men, he pufed it to be printed and publifhed. The Parliament being willing to encourage him in the geodRefolutions hepipfeffed to have taken, lent Mr. 7 homos Scot.andM*. Liike Ro* binfon, Members of the Houfe^ to bftCom- miffioiners from them to him. Mr. (Scot had kept a long Correfpondence witkhjnj!, and af ter the laft Interruption had publifhed fome of his Letters, wherein Monk declared hiSRefolu? tiontoliveand die with the Parliament, with out a King, fingle Perfon, or Houfe of Lords. Thefe two Perfons were in appearance much courted by Monk,- who pretended to be wholly directedby their Advice. And when theCorn,- miflioners for the City of London, or the Gen try of thofe Parts where he paffed, applied themfelves to him for the Reftitution of the focluded Members , he referred them to. the Judgment of the Parliament, to whom, he laid, he was refolved indrely to fubmit. He alfo Iblicited Sir ArthurHaJkrig and fome the is of thd Houfe, that the Sectarian Party might ' be removed out of the Army, fending a Lift of the Names bf all thofe whp had been con tinued tinued iritheir Employments by the Army during the late Interruption ; arid pretending that a Commonwealth could nbt poflibly be eftablifhed whilft fuch 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 becaufe he knew I had fome Reputation with Sir 4r- tbur Hafterigand the Common wealth-Party of the Houfe, he made ufe Of Sir Anthony Afhley Cooper, Mr. Weaver , Mr. Juftice St. Johns, tAr. Robert Reynolds, and feme others, to ob tain What he defired in that matter. Thefe' Gentlemen were informed that the Councif of State,, not Jlthftanding all the Arts that had been ufed to calumniate me, had agreed upon a Report to be made to the Parliament, that Sir Ilardrefs Waller, Lieuteriant Colonel Walker, and Major Godfrey, might be intrufted in con junction with me, with the Management of Affairsin Ireland. They knew alfo that the rwojaft Would be ready to do any honeft thing that! fhould advife i and therefore fearing leflt the Parliament might agree with the Council pf State upon the RepPrt, they procured the De bate to be adjourned for three days, Within which time they fo ordered the matter, that Col. Bridgesand the two Warrens prefented to the Parliament the Charge of High Treafon againft the Commiflioners and me, as Imen^ tibned before. Whereof Monk's Party in the *Houfe made fuch Advantage, as riot only to refufe ( 8i4 ) refufe their Concurrerice With the Cpuneil pf State in their Report concerning me, but ^alfo by the help of thl Lawyers Rhetor ick, who were tiiy profefied AdvdrfarieS, on .account of my Endeavours to reform the Practice of the Law, paffed a Vote torequire me to deliver the Fort of Duncannon into the hands of the Profe- cutors ; fome of t hem moving^ that iri cafe of Refafai I fhould be declared a Traitor, and lent for in Cuftody. Which perhaps might have pafled aHb, if Mr. Henry Nevil, wM fingly hid the Courage to defend me in that Conjuncture* had not fpokeri in my behalf,, defiring them not to entertain a jealoufy of a! faithful Servant, upon informations an proved, nor to do any thingto the Prejudice of my Re^ • putatiori,*till Ifliould behdard j when, he doubted not, I would makeappear, that I had always endeavoured tb promote' their Service. Butf was not the only Perfon born doWn by thisTorrent. Sir Arthur Hajlerig himfelf ha ving parted With Sir Henry Vane and Major Sa* loway, his moft able arid beft Friends, began to Iolegrpuhd, and all that he faid in the Houfe, or eK0fiefe, to go for nothing. And tho they; could 'fiftfl out pocolour to remove him, as they had done* tbe other two; yet having already rendred him infignificant Iri the Parliament, they refolved he fhould have as little PoWer in! the Army, TO that ertd it was Cbritrived that , Monk fhould write to the Parliamdrit, that fof their greater Security,* the' Pokes that Were ia and (8i5) and about "London , amounting to about feven or eight thoufand Horfe and Foot, might be removedto a farther diftar4$e,to make room for thofe that he had with him, prefuming to name to the ^Parliament fome particular Regiments which he principally infilled to haveremPved, ampngft which Sir Arthur Hajlerig's Regiment pf Horfe was one. And fo tame was the Par- Iiament grown, that tho' it was moft vifible he designed their Ruin, yet on hisbare Word and impty Prbteftatibns, they not only trufted him, but obeyed him as their Superiour, and ordered all that he defired to be put in execution. Not- ' withftanding this unhappy pofture of Affairs, thinking if "riiy Duty to clear my felf of the Afperfions caft upon me , and to improve the ,fmall intereft I had left,for the Service of the Publick Caufe, I refolved to take my place in Parliament : And in erder thereunto, being ac companied by Mr. Henry Nev'd, I attended Sir Arthur Haflerig at WhitehaB,whete I gave him a fhort Account of my Actions fincef had laft feen him, of my Endeavours in Ireland to ferve the Publick, oflthe State of Affairs there, of the Principles and Practices of thofe that had affumed the Power in that Country, and of the Readinefs of the Souldiers and moft pf the Offi cers in thatArmy, to have ferved theParliament faithfully and ufefully, if they had been true to themfelves and their Pwn Intereft. I alfo, ac quainted him with theSenfe I had pf the late fevere, if I might net fay unjuft, v Proceedings "'-" againft againft me, which feemed to me to be fuch a Requital ef my faithful Services,^ that if 1 'ex pected my Reward from'Men, I fhpuld rather chufe to ferve the' Great Turk, But that, I njight not be wanting to my felf, and in order to juftify my own Innocence,, if I cbuld do no ^farther Good, I had refolved to goto the par liament- Houfe the next Morning, defiringhis Advice and that of Mir. Nevil for riiy Govern ment wheri I fhould cbme thither, Sir Arthur was unwilling to enter into any Difcourfe con cerning what had lately pafled^ faying, it?vifas; too late to recal things now : And then told us how his Enemies thought to enfnare him, by Monk's Motion tothe Parliament for removing his Regiment from Lobdori ; thinking thereby to create a Difference between him and Monk j wherein he had difappointed them by defiring, their Removal himfelf, contrary to their Ex pectation, entringinto a prolix Commendation Of Monk , and affuring us that he was a Perfon on whofe Fidelity they might fafely rely. And if I may be permitted to deliver my Senfe touch ing this Difcourfe of Sir Arthur Haflerig, icon* jecture it proceeded partly from an Apprehen sion that things were already gpne fo far, that he doubted whether he could put any |top to them ; and partly from fome Sparks of Hope that Monk could not be fiich a Devil to betray a Truft fo freely repofed in him. For he kept a conftant Correfpondence with Sir Arthur, and in all his Letters repeated the Engagements of his ( *n > his Fidelity to the Parliament, with Expreffi- ons of the greateft Zeal for a CommonWealth- Government. In the Conclufion it was agreed between us, that when I came into the Houfe t fhould fit as privately as I could, and obferve the Temper of the Members,; before I fhould put them upon the Confideration of my Affair. Accordingly I went to the Houfe, and tho they had ufed me in the manner I have related, yet they treated me very civilly, fome of them telling me in a jefting way, that it was notufu- al fpr Men accufed of High Treafon to be fb well received in that Place. Having taken out a Coppy of the Charge exhibited againft the GomiriiffionerS and Me* I found the Commifli oners to be charged with altering their Title' .during the late Interruption, from Commiffioners of Parliament, to Commiffioners of the Common wealth; and that they had fent a Ship of War to prevent any Relief to, or Correfpondence with the Garifon of Ayrein Scotland, who had declared for. the Parliament. Befides which, Cpli Johnjches was accufed for taking part with the Army againft the Parliament, not on ly in the Particulars aforefaid, but alfo in his Anfwerto theLetter written by Monk to me, on fuppofition that I was then in Ireland, to int. vite me to aConjunftion with him for the Refti- tution of the Parliament : And likewife for promoting a Subfcription to the Government; of the Army amongft the Officers in Ireland. As for me/ I was charged with afiifting the Army, Cgg ia. C81S ) in England, knd doing Acts of Hoftility by Sea and Land againft thole in Ireland who had de clared for the Parliament. Whereupon Trnoved the Houfe that they would be pleafed, 'accord ing to their Order, to hear me touching their Anaiirsin Ireland^ and to. permit me to juftify my felf, which I did the rather that I might have an opportunity to procure that mifchie- VousOrderfor 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 fhould be heard. Mr. Miles Cor betj, who arrived in England fome days before me, was fo terrified with the Pro* Ceedings of the' Parliament againft Sir Henrjy Vane and Major Saloway, together,, with the Name of a Charge of High Trdafort againft himfelf, that he had never appeared publickly fmce his arrival, till upon fome Difcourfe with me he took Courage, and went with me to the Houfe. In the mean time Monk was come to Bar- met, and being expected at London the -next/dayy Orders were iffued out fpr the Old Regiment* ©f the Army to march from the Town j which fodif|uftedthem, that many refufed to march tilltheir Arrears were paid. This Mutiny be gan at Somerfet-houfe, where one, whole Regi ment was quartered, who Were joined by li vers Parties of the reft. , The Cavaliers and [Presbyterians of the City hoping to improve this ©pfjorttiriity, invited them to join with the ( 8i9 ) City, as, they termed their Party there, pro- mifing them their whole Arrears, conftant Pay and a, prefent Gratuity, giving them fome Mo7 ney in«hand as anEarneft of the reft. The Souldiers took their Money, but withal tbreat- ned them, that unlefs they departed immedi ately, they would fire upon them, declaring'' their Refbiution to continue faithful to the Par liament. Hereupon the Council of State , that they alfo might cue the Grafs from under their own Feet , fent Orders to Monk to haften his March, and with all Diligence to cpme to their! &e|eif. Thefe Male-contents were very nu merous, amounting to more than two thou fand Foot ; and about the fame Number of Horfe were ready to join with them. But no confi derable Perfon appearing at the Head of them , their new Officers, who laboured the whole- Night to fatisfy them , prevailed with them to march the next Morning, upon prpmife that their Arrears fhould be paid at the next Quar ters. The following day Monk marched to London in the Head of his Party, which for trie moft part were quartered about Whitehall , where Lodgings hadbeen provided for him.-and immediately fome Members of Parliament were fent'to congratulate his Arrival. J"he fame Evening I metVice^ Admiral Lawfon at SirHe»^ ry Mildmafs Lodgings at Whitehall, and know ing him to be familiarly acquainted with Mf>»V I defired that we might make him a Vifit toge ther, which he readi^ confentedte* We found Ggg 2 his© ( g'id ) Bini alone in the Prince's Lodgings ; Where ha ting congratulated the Succefs of bis Attempt • to reftore theParliament to theExercife of their Authority , I took the ' Freedom to tell him, that' having 'an Opportunity put into his hands to free thefe Nations from the Danger' of being oppreffeqVaSthey had lately been,by the Power of the Sword, I hoped he would improve if to the Publick. Advantage, by giving his Aflift- asceto the Parliament in ''fettling the Govern ment upon fo juft a Fbujidajibn that it might be fupportedfPr the future by the Love and.Af, fevtions of the People. He anfwered, that as" Cod had qwned him iri his Work, lb he de* fired that he alone might havdthe Glory : That it Was true, Factionshad been carried on y but that he was fuJly refolved to promote the In* tereftof a Commonwealth; Which Refbiutii on when I had commended, and encouraged' him as well as I ?coufd to continue, he faid', We-mufl live add' Me for and with a Commbri- vfealth. Thenltold.himi that I had met late ly with ond Mr.' Courtney, who faid he was his Relation, and having drunk too much at the .Inn where I lay in1 my way to London, poafted that, his Coufin Monk would do great things for? the King ; but that upon my objecting his Pu& liqk Declarations andProteftationsto thedon- trary, he began to doubt, and faid, that his Coufin' being a Man of Honour, he-feared he Would be as good as his Word. Yea, faid Monk, if there were nothing in it but that, I rnuft muft make good my Word, and will, too. -1, prefume, faid I, that the Anfwer you have • lately Publilbed to your Country mens Letter,' b?ath.giventhem allSatis|aclion concerning you. ; He replied, that he hoped it had, Thele and many other PrQteftatipns of Zeal to the Com mon Caufe, with many Profeffions of Friend- £hip to our felves,we received from him at that* time ; wherewith Vice Admiral Lawfon was fo fatisfied, that befaid.to me after we had parted from him, that fincethe Leyiteand the Prieft hadpaffed by and wduld not help us, he hoped" we had found a Samaritan that Would do it. v The Parliament haying notice of Monk's Ar rival, font a Meffage to him by Mr. Scot and Mir. Robinfon, tp defire his Attendance at their Houfe the next.day : Whither being come, a; Chair was ordered for him, but he refufed to fit, contenting himfelf to ftand behind it unco vered, laying his Hand upon the Chair. •The Speaker, as he had been ordered, gave him the Thanks of the Houfe for the Service he had done, extolling him aboyd all the Worthies of fbrmevr and later Ages. Tp whofe Rhetbrick he anfwered, that as towhat was done, he de fired God might have the Glory, in that he bad wrought Deliverance by fo weak an Inftru ment. After which he informed the Houfe, that in his March many Applications had been made to him by all forts of Perfons for a Free' Parliament ; and that he had acquainted them, fhat the end of his March being tp free the Par- G g g 3 Iiament ( 822 ) Iiament from the Power of thofe who had im- pofed on them , he doubted notsthey would take all^poflible Care of the Publick Good. Then he put them in mind of their Refbiution to fill up the Houfe , which he faid would tend rtrach to the Satisfaction of the Nation. Fie dented thatFahatica] Perfons^ he called theiri, ipight be removed frorii Places. of Truft, and undertook to anfwer for the Fidelity of thofe who had aflumed the Power inlr eland, conclu ding withProfeflibns of the utmoft Zeal arid Faithfulnefs tp their Service. Thus he gave the Parliament good Words , for which they leaped their Favours upon him ; they voted one thoufand Pounds per Annum to befetled ori him. And that nothing might be Wanting to compleat ihisScenei*Monk%s Wife took efpediaj care to treat the Wives of the Members that cam* to yiiit! her, running her " felf td fetchthe Sweetmeats , and filling out Wind for them ; not forgetting to .talk mightily of r Self-denial*, ' and how much it 'was upon her Husband's Heart, that the Government might befetled id the way of a Commonwealth,? In the mean? time, the Secluded Members had their Meetings with thofe of the fame Faction in the City ; ancl fome of thofe' that fete in Parliament Were earrieft. Promoters of their Return to the Houfe, of whom was Col. Laff els, and Col. Richard, Ingoldsby , who had been two bf the "King's Judges.* But the Perfon I moft wondred at Was ColHuttfirifdn^ho having exceededmoft of the ;- '. < • ¦«¦¦• ' *> - * v Merh* ( 8a? ) Members of the High Court of Juftice in Zeal for putting the King to Death,at this time acted a very different part, prefling theHoufe with ail unbecoming Importunity , to proceed againft Sir Henry Vane,for not removing into the Coun try according to their Order ; when it was well known he was fo much indifpofed, 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 vDifcourfes , and other ways , whereby they were put in mind that the Enemies Quarrel was not fo mtich againft Perfons as Things;and, as one termed it, not againft Ludlow and Rich, but againft the Caufe it felf. They were ad- vifed to^accept the Affiftance of their old Ser vants, and to incourage them in their Fidelity, is the only means topreferve themfelves and the Commonwealth from certain Ruin,: But they were deaf to all falutary Counfel, .arid re folved to finifh the Worls with the newlnftru* ments which they had chofen. To that end $bey 'proceeded on the Bill for filling up the Houfe, which by wife Men was thought a moft dangerous^Expedient in that Conjuncture, urt- lefkMonk fbould prove more honeft than they could believe him' to be. The City of London alfo took upon them in theirCommon Council to receive Petitions from the adjacent Counties touching the Payment of Taxes , arid other Publick Affairs ; pfefuming not only to call in £&e Petitioners, and to give them Thanks for, G g g 4 their ( 824>) -their good Affections; 'but alfo pafled a Vote that they would pay no Taxes, but fuch as (fhould be impofed by a Free Parliament. The Council of State* having received a particular Accountof the Proceedings in the City, fent for Monk, toconfult with him con cerning the beft Means to put a flop to thefe Diforders : and fome of them moving that the Common Council fhould be forbidden to fit, fome few of the moft active feized j the Gates of the City taken down, the Portcullaces wedged, anc! the Pofts with their Chains pulled up.; Monk faid, that if they did no more, that woUld ferve for nothing , becaufe the Damage might be foon repaired. He added , that the Difaffection of the City was fo great,, that they would never be quiet, till 'fome of. tbem were hanged ; and that it was abfolutely he- i ceffary for the prefent to break in pieces their Gates and Portcullaces, to burn their Pofts, and to carry away thelrC hains to the! owe goffering himfelf,if they Would command thefe things to be done, to fee their Orders pdt in execution. Hereupon theCouncil ordered him to March in to the CiEy with his Forces early the next Morning , before the Occafion of his coming amongftthem fhould be known. ^Various Re ports were publifhed touching the Defign of his March into the City j and many fufpected that he had already declared for thd King. But when the Houfe was met the Council of State made their Report to us , and informed ^us of the the unwarrantable Proceedings of the Com mon Council, and of their own Refolutions and Orders concerning them ; in the Execution of which they aflWed us Monk had by that time made a confiderable Progrefs, having.al- ready pulled up the Pofts with their Chains, taken down the Portcullaces and the Gates of the City, which he had begun to cut in pieces, &nd feized fome of the'moft active of the Com mon Council. The Parliament having heard the Report of theCounpil of State, approved What they bad done, and ordered Fifty Pounds to be given to Monk to defray the Expenee pf his Dinner that day, he having refufed to Dine at the Charge of the City, tho' earneftly imr portuned to it by divers Citizens. ' All things going fo well that MPrning , both in the Arrriy, and iri the Parliament, Sir Arthur Haflerig was agairi fo elevated , that coming into the Houfe in the Afternoon, he broke out in the prefence of divers Members into thefe Expreflions, \_A U is our own, he will be honeft4 Jut it wasnPt long befor his Wine was turned into Water : For as foon as theHoufe was fate , a Letter was prefented to the Speaker from Monk, the Con tents whereof made them eafily perceive that his Zeal to their Service began to cool. There in he acquainted them with what he had done in profeeution of tlie Orders he had received, and that he wanted Tools and Inftruments to tfnifh the Work, having already fppiled all thofe that he had brought with fyim to cut the Gates ( 826* ) Gates and other Defences of the City in pieces ; that the Mayor and Citizens had promifed Obe dience to the Parliament for the time to come, and therefore he defired they would refpite the Execution of what remained of his Inftr uctiqris; hoping that what had been done would be a Efficient Admonition to the City for .their future good Behaviour. The Parliament un>» derftanding the Tendency of this Letter, were highly offended with Monk fbr prefumirig to negledt and difpute their Commands ; and be ing refolved to do as much as they could in this matter to preferve their Apthority, they dif patched a Meffage to him, requiring the exact Peformance of the Orders he had received* Upon the receipt of thefe fecond Orders, Monk feemed much difturbed, but yielded little or no Obedience to them, and lay that Night in thd City. The Day following he returned with his Forces*to Wkifehaff, and about two days after font a Letter to the Houie, directed to theSpeaker, agd fubfcribed by himfelf and fbmeof his Officers j wherein they comp|ained that the Parliament had put them upon the late difobliging Work in the City to render them; odious to the Citizens ; that they continued tp favour the Fanatick Party, by not profecutine thofe that had acted with the Army in the late Committee of Safety, and by permitting Sir Henry Vane and Col. Lambert to ftay in Town, contrary to their own Order for their Removal; that, they admitted Men to fit with £hem («27) them in the Houfe, who lay under Accufations of High Treafon Q meaning Mr. Miles Corbet and me, tho' not naming Us ; ) that on the con trary they ffaeWeda baekwardnefs to repofe any Confidence in thofe who werd their trueft Friends, upbraiding them with refuting to ap prove fome Officers that had been prefented to them, and delaying to grant Commiflions tq others whom they had approved. -.5, They alfo reflected upon the Parliament for not making Provifion for the Army, nor minding the Pub lick Work, putting them in mind of the Vote for their Diffolution in May following^; and adding fome threatning Expreflions , in cafe they fhould not iffue out Writs for filling up 'the Parliament, according to their Promife. After the reading of this Letter from Monk , I perceived moft of theMembers who had anyAf- jfd£rion to their Country to be much dejected. But the Parliament having diverted themfelves of their own Strength, and abandoned all into the hands of Monk, tho' no Man had ever be fore prefumed to addrefsliimfelf to them, in fo infolent a manner, yet they took his Letter into borifideratibri,aridrefolyed to givdhim as much Satisfaction as they could with any colour of Juftice. Tothat end they quickened their Committee to bring in their Report touching Ithofe that had acted in the late Committee of Safety : They ordered Sir Henry Vane to depart £ he Town by a certain Day, and that Col. Ldm- %n fhoutd render himfelf within a limited time. ;( 8.2.8 ) time. They alfo refolved to iffue. out .Writs of Summons for recruiting the: Houfe ; but be ing fully perfwaded that the Charge of High Treafon agairift. me Was grpuridlefs and frivo lous, they omirred to make any Order concern- , ing it. However,being defirous to procure fome Relief for thofe 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 fhould move to be heard, I might at the fame , time have an .opportunity. to prefs the two laft things, which Iefteemed very neceffary in that Conjuncture : I defired therefore that. fined I conceived my felf aimed at in one part of Monk's Letter, the Parliament would.be pleafed to hear me in vindication of my Innpcence i fiut I could not obtain a prefent Hearing, my Cafe beir^g put off till a farther time, and then de layed from day to day, till tlif Difljpajiqn of thofe who fhould have been my Judges. Sir Henry Vane, according to the late Order, was preparing to leave the Town ; of which having notice, J went to makehim a Vifit at his HoUfe, where he told me that unlefs he were much miftaken, Hfonkhad yet feveral Mafques to pull ofT,affuring me for what, concerned him- fe!f,that he had all poffible Satisfaction of Mind as to thofe Anions God had enabled him to do for theCqmmonwealth,and hoped the fameGod would fortify him in his Sufferings, howlharp foever,tobear afaithfui aud conftantTeftirnony thereto- Afiwft haying ajarm'd theParliarnent by the ( 829 ) the forefaidLdttdr,and either hdt daring- to trull himfelf at Whitehall, or thinking London a fit ter Place to purfoe bis defign in , he retired with his Forces into the City,where he mufter- ed his Men, and was, fplendidly entertain'd at Dinner by the Mayor and others. Hereupon theParliarnent, who endeavoured by all means to give him Satisfaction, fent Mr. Thomas Scot andMr. Luke Robinfdn, who had been their Commiflioners to him, as I mentioned before, to affure him of their good Intentions towards him : But he having now fortified himfelf by the Con jundtion'of the City, began to treat them in a manner much different from his for- merCarriage, not admitting them without difficultly to his Prefence ; and when heconde- fcehded to fpeak to them, his Difcourfe tended always to" the fame purpofe with his Letter, afperfing the Proceedings of the Parliament^ and amongft other things reproaching them with their FaVour to me, as Mr. Scot after- Wards informed me : Infomuch that he who had fo lately undertaken to the Parliament for Monk's Integrity and Fidelity ro their Service, began to Me all hopes of him. Yet for all his infolent Carriage to the Parliament and their Commiffioners, his Party in the Houfe had the confidence to move that he might be made General of their Forces, the time limited hy Act of Parliament for commiffionating him with others to commandthe Army in England and Scotland being almoft expired. Many Ar guments , (js°y gumerits Were ufed tothat end, thpthofe whicrt were moft preffed were taken from the confi deration of the prefent Pofture of their Affairs. But the Parliament ftill retaining fomd Sparks of that Courage With which they bad been formerly animated^- arid haying found by fad Experience what Miferies they had brought up on tlie Nation and theriifelves by trufting Crom wel and others too far,' chofe rather ro perifrt by the hands of an Enemy, if Monk mould refolve to be fo, than by the Deiufions of a pretended Friend : and therefore having reject ed the Propofition to make him General, Ihey paffeda Vote that their Armies in England and Scotland fhbuld be governed by Commiffioners,, the Number of them robe five* and any three ©f them to make a Quorum. But that they might avoid asmuchas poflibletp give him the leaff juft/Caufe of Difeonteht, they firft agreed that hd fhould be one of the laid? Commifli oners. , Then they proceeded to tlie Nomina tion of the reft, and chofe Sir Arthur Haflerigv tho he earneftly preffed them to excufe him, Col. Morley, and Col. Walton. Thdle.four beingele&ed, it was vifible that the Balance of the Gommiffion would be in the fifth Man that fliould be chofen, Monk having in a mariner de clared himfelf our Enemy, and Col. QtiofJtyitbe- ing fufficiently known to be- of a temporising Spirit. Hereupon MonPs Party.jn the Houfe moVedthat Sir Anthony Ajfyky Cooper might bd the fifthCommiffione^and on the other fide t h e Corn- ( «Jt- ) Commonwealth Party had refolved to ufe their Endeavours for Major General Overton: But upon confideration of the Differences* that had been between him and Monk^ whereby thejr feared he Would not pafs, they laid afide that Refbiution, and agreed to put up Col. Alured, Sir Anthony Afhley Cooper being firft named, was firft put to the Queftion, and by the Ma jority bf Votes excluded. Col. Alured being next propofed, the Queftion was carried fot him to the great Satisfaction of the Common wealth Party. Whereupon fitting by Col. Martin in the Houfe, and being perfwaded of the Integrity bf the Major part of thefe Com miflioners, I defired him to move that the Command of the Forces in Ireland might be, inferred in this Commiflion, which, upon his Motion, was ordered accordingly ; and the Act being but fhort, was read thrice, and pafled before the riling of the Houfe : And this I did, becaufe I found no other probable way open to force the Power in Ireland out of the hands of thofe that had ufurped it. '-. tfpio thefe Proceed ings did not a little difturb Monk, yet he endea voured to difguife his Diflatisfaeton, and be- gan again to court the Members of Parliament mor#^an before, whilft with the Advice and Affiftance of his party in the City, he was forming a Militia there, and nominating Offi cers to command them, Who were chofen fot that purpofe, rather on adcotint of their Dif-! affe&iori to the Padiame&tthan any other-good Quality Quality tb be found about them. Having re>j Ceived Advice bf thefe Tranfkctions , I ac* quainted*Sir Arthur H after ig with my Informa tion, and defired him to think of fome fpeedy Remedy, propofing that he would caufe our fcattered Forces to rendezvouz forthwith ':. But Sir Arthurwasfd deluded by the iHypocrify of Monk, that he affuredhim he had given him all the Satisfaction both by Words and Lettersy that a Man could give touching his/ Integrity to the Parliament, fhewing me and divers- o- ther Members of Parliament, two Letters, which he had lately received from him, where in were many Expreflions of his Zear for thef Eftablifhment of a Commonwealth, with'ear- rieft Defires that there might be no Difference between them touching the Way, feeing they. were both intirely ag reed in. the fame End. ' Monk had taken up his Quarters in the City, at the Houfe of one CoUWaH , where I refol ved to make him a Vifit , in order , either to take him off from that Prejudice, which by i Claufe in his Letteftothe Parliament hefeema ed to have againft me, or to makea more per fect Difooveryof his Intentions j fuppofing that, being, a Member of Parliament, he durft not attempt to feize my Perfon,or if he did^rhat foch an open Violation of thePriViledges of/Par liament would awaken them to provide for their own Safety. J forind the Houfe where he lodged as full of Soldiers as it could well be/ and pafled through feveral Guards before I { came C 855 ) came to the Chamber, where he received his Vifits, 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 firft perceived him to be very fhy of me: But after I had acquainted him that the Caufe of my Vifit* was in order to undeceive him ; and to remove, if poffible, the Prejudices he feemed to have againft me, he fudderily chan ged his Countenance , and treated me with great Familiarity. Whereupon I told him, that having always endeavoured to affert the-Autho- rity, of the Civil Magiftrate , in oppofition to the Tyranny of the Sword, I was unwilling to have any Difference with him, who had de clared for the fame things :l affured him that T had publickly difapproved the Anfwer of Col. Jones to that Letter which he had fent to Ireland, directed to me, on fu'ppofition that I had then been in that Country. I acquainted him with what I had done topreferve the Irifh Brigade from joining with the Army-Party ,and how I had prevailed with them to engage to me under their Hands not to fight againft him, upon notice that he had efpoufed the Caufe of the Parliament. I acknowledged that I had difplaced one of his Relations in Ireland, not out of the leaftDifrefpecttohirn; but accord ing to a Rule wh^ch I conceived to be moft juft, that thofe might beteftored to their Offi ces in the Army, who had been removed for -Hhh theic (8H> , their Affection to the Commonwealth, which Was the Cafe ; his Kinfmari having been made Cornet of Major Dtd&k- Troop, and Cornet Whalley dhplaced for the reafon before menti oned. Hereupon Monk faid that What I had* done was" moft jmt, and that he never took any thing ill from me, either upon that or any other particular account. I then defired to know what reafon he might have for entertaining any hard Thoughts of me: to Which he replied,, that he had nothing to object againft me but my Favour to the Fanatick Party in Ireland^ I told him that the Party he mearit had npt acted as if they had been of thef^tme Opinion?* |br having figned an Addrefs tothe ParJkrnenfr whereby they engaged to be true and faithful to the Civil Authority, and delivered it into« my Hands, to be prefented On their part; the fameiyfen, notwitbftaridifig their publick En gagement and particular Promifes to Me, haoV immediately a fter my Departure figned an Agreement with the Army, therfeby rejecting: the Civil Power, and confeqtiently Me, whom. tfhe Parliament had intruftddto commandtherr Forces in Ireland: That as I had rtevet thought rfie Profefftori bf Religion to be alone fonicienfe: to qualify Men for Employments, if they' Want ed Affection tothe Commonwealth ; folcouldk jfot imagine which way Religion fhould inca pacitate Perfons for the Publick Service, who* were not deficient in their Fidelity and Zeal for the Common Good. Tea, laid he, we must live < 8*5 ) said dye together for a Commonwealth. I hearing him fay lo , told him , that I was1 informed he was much prelLd to reftore the Secluded Mem bers ; who being highly enraged, would not fail to bripg, all things into confufiori, and poflibly endeavour touring in the King. \t maybe, faidhe, that they will attempt it, but they fay they will not ; and I affure you , tho I bear as much refpedt to Parliaments as any Man, yet if I fhould obferve a Parliament to be about foch a thing, I would interrupt them therein. Having fpent about half an Hour with Monk, I took leave; ^and as I went frorh* him, f?perceived one of his Footmen tP ftand at the Door of. the Room where we had difcourfed, who I fiippofe was. placed there by his Mafter*s ...€)rder, to prevent me from dealing with him, as his Confcience told him he defervep'. He accompanied me to the Foot of the Stairs, arid there parted with me, not without great fhe w of Refpedt andCivility; nptwlthftariding which' it was manifeft to me through all his Difguifes> by the Perfons he favoured and advanced,, by the Company he kept, and by the Courfe he' fteered, that he Was pot bound to that Har bour hd pretended; and could I have prevailed with the Majority of the Parliament to b^of the fame opinion, he fhould not have carried on his Defign fo fmoothly : But into fuch a defperate Frenzy were we fallen , that many of the Houfe, eithe-r thro Fear, or for what other reafon I cannot telI,difcovered themfelves Hhh a dailjr C 836 > daily to be Favourers of him; who had "by this time fo far advanced his Affairs y that he refolved to pull off another Mask: and to that end defired fome fitting Members of the Houfe to give a Meeting to fome of the Secluded Members; in order,- a*he pretended:, to give them Satisfaction touching the Juftice of their Exclufion * wherein he bwned himfelf to be throughly fatisfied, affirming to Sir Arthur Baflerig and others , that he did this only to anfwer the vexatious Importunity of the Se cluded Members. By this means he prevailed? with Sir Arthur and fome others to meet them at the Time and Place appointed , where the Secluded Members, and efpecially Mr. Annefteyf reflected fo undecently' upon the Proceedings- of rthe Parliament firice their Exclufion , that Sir Arthur haftilyf ofeupv and defigned tb leave the Company : But Monk 1 in 'a droling way,. defired him to be patient till he fhould mode rate Anneftey, which ",, he laid , he knew weir enough how to do.Uporithis Sir Arthur Baflerig fate down again, but the other proceeding in1 the fame manner, he foft all-Patience, and ri ling Up, he departed from the Conference: Mr. Scot ^ Mr. Rdbinfon, Col. .Morley-, ; and Mr. ftawleigh ftaid, there till the Difcourfe was ended, and fo did the Chief Juftice St. Johns,. who not difcovering himfelf to be of either Party, fate obfervingon which fide the Balance would fall-, as if he had, been/ ftill to choofe* |f the Parliament had not been wpfully blindy thefe. 08?7) ifchefe things Would have proved fufficient tp open their Eyes. But to leave them without the leaft colour of ExcUfe,it happened at this time that Advice was brought to them from Ireland, that thofe who had ulurped the Power there, for whofe Fidelity Monk had engaged, and who moved not a Step without his Orders and T)irections,had publifhed a Declaration againft them : The Contents of it were more infolent than thofe of the Letter which Monk had fent to the Parliament before he retired into the City : for after they had reproached them with the Favours they extended to Men accufed of High Treafon, and the Difcouragements they laid upon thofe who had been fent to England to profecute them, they openly told the Par liament they could no longer own them for an Authority; and therefore defired that a Free Parliament might becalled, to put an end to v the Confufions which their Mifearriages had brought upon the Nation, It was matter of Amazement, that fitch a Declaration fhorild be publifhed by Men that pretended to act by trie Authority of the Parliament ; but it was not procured without Oppdfition : For when Sir Charles Coote and Col. Jheophilw Jones i who were the principal Confidents of Monk on that Me, had prepared their Paper, and a Party to back it ; Sir Hardrefs Woller, whohad 1 beer .one of the late King's Judges , fearing the Conle- ouence of fuch Pratl:ices, moved that the lburi.il of %*^£$^.?%&v ( SjB > Caftle: But hot beiq^bfeto carry that Poifltj, he communicated hifx>efigh to as many as he thought fit , and making, an Excufe to go out "of the Eobm, he haftened/aWay, and retired into the Caftle. Major Stanley > Lieut. Cblbriel Warren, and fomdypthers went ifihmediately, and joined themfeives' to him ; and amongft them it Was refolved to fend but a Part| TO fefi%e%xCharluCpoie and his Adherents. ' But, he having notice of their Intentions , had a Party, of his Crj^tures ready ; and'beirig ad* cbmpanied by CdJ. Theopbtlus Jones, mounted on Horfehack at, the Head of them, riding up and cfo^n thd Streets of Dublin, and declaring for a Free Parliament, Which Language Was by that tiniefufficiently underftood to be'fof the King., They .were folloWed by a/great Rabble of the people, and the*kby fo incoura- ged", .that they fprmeda JDefigh agaihft the Qa'ttleiand having poftedtneir Giiards liponalj the Avenues, they fent a Summons to Sir HaP- drefT*Wo/ler to deliver the Plaqe into their Hands. The Gpvernour ip his Anfwer to the Summons endeavoured to ^qnylnce them of the Injuftice of their Attempt, remmding*themj>£ the De^ claf a^tpRS they h&dil|tely riiade to be trtie and fait^futtd the preferit_Parliarfient;deftrin| therri to corifider how;, much it %as their' totefeft . to aunere tp ibem^ Andd it was under their Au^ thority that they had acted for fo many Years paft againK thelateKing and his Family, and thaf: tkmiMk^i^d^idiioftli& Lands .forfeited by the Rebels/ were founded upon the fame Power. Haviftgdifpatched this-Anfwet ttpSirVbarles Coote, heclothdd all the Souldiers out of the Stores, and distributed a Sum of jready Money amongft them, to feeure their fidelity, with Promifes of a farther Gratuity, if they would ftand by him : But Sir Charles Coote found a way to treat with fome ©f the Garifon; andafter two or three days, by large X)ffei^ and advantageous Terms, prevailed wisfe 4hem to deliver their Governour and the Caftle into his Hands. By theExpulfion of Sir Har- dreft Waller but of the Army, two Regiments fell into the hand of thofe that had feized the Goverment in Ireland , for which Sir Charles Coote had fome difficulty to1 find Colonels, havirig already difpofed of two to himfelf; onetohisBrothdr:^/a&4r^C«?te, another to his jBrother Chudlesgb Coote, a |ifth to his Brother Thomas Coote, and a fixth to his Coufin St. George. Which unequal Diftribution was fo refented by fome of his own Partyi that Major Harrington moved at one of their Councils of War, thaiLa more&qugl Hand might be kept in the difpofal of Imployments, Whereupoa Sir Charles coote, after he had fevereiy Repri manded the Major, difcharged him from his Command in the Army. Jn the mean time, Monk had defired the Mayor. of Dsgsdon to affemble the Common Council, (tho' the Par liament had diffplvedthem) and in defiapce to their Authorityvattended on them at Guildhall, Hhh 4 ex. (|46) exdufing himfelf fot what, he faid, he had been oonftrained to do in the (yity by Order of the* Council of State, and affui^ing them that he was much troubled for that rigorous Work. He declared himfelf ready to expofe his Perfon to all Dangers for their Service, and that he had not forgot the kind Letter they had fent him whilft he was yet in the North : "' That he w^s then of the fame opinion with them, hue was obliged at that time to conceal lt# till /he might have an opportunity to dilcover his Sentiments with better advantage. -He alfo acquainted them that he had fent a Letter to the 'Parliament, , that. they would till up the Houfe, . and put an end to their fitting , by the fixthof May. By this means he gave fuch En couragement to the Cavalierifli Party, that the Rabble of them, as he pafled by fromGuild- ball, cried out for a Free Parliament; and per ceiving him not difpleafed with their Infolence, they madeBonfires in London and Weftminfiea for rbafting theRump^ as they prefumed to call that Parliament, who in the five Years time, that they governed without interruption, had raifed the Glory of the Nation from tfie Duft wherein it had been buried by the Negligence and Corruption of the preceding Governments, and had rendred the Englifh Elaine formida ble to $M Europe. This riotous Difbrder, how pleafing foever it was toMonk, yet it could not be properly charged upon him, becaufe he had given no publick Order for whathad been dpne, §04 ( §4i ) and therefore he continued to declare as loud as ever bow faithful he would be to the Common wealth. . And tho Sir Arthur Hafltrig was in formed of the foregoing Particulars, and many Other things that feemed fully to dilcover Monk's Defign : and tho' I earneftly importu* ned him to improve the littletime that remain ed to prevent the threatndd Ruin, by a fpeedy Reunion with our old Friends, by adjourning the Parliament to the Vomer., and by drawing our difperfed Forces, together ; yet be would riot be perfwadedto anything of that nature, perfifting ftill iri his Opinion that all would be weil,and that Monk would be honeft. And that he* might have, no Pretext to be otberwife, Sir 'Arthur doubting by reafon of the Corre- fpendence that continued between Monk and the £ecluded Members, that, in cafe the Writs for filling uptheParliament fhould not be iffued out by the time prefixed, he would take ad vantage of that Failure to bring them into the Houfe,laboured diligently with the Parliament that it might be done to his fatisfaction, and accordingly the Bill was pafled within the time limited. But the Secluded Members being grown ccnfi.dent of attaining their ends by an other way, ddported themfelves at a much higher rate than they were accuftomed to dp ; Major Harlow, who was one Of them, taking tlie Liberty to fay openly in Weftinfter-Hall, that they would have their Footmdn chofen to jSjpply their Places. Sir Gilbert Gerrard alio .brought < 842 > feronglk an Action againft Col. Mured for de nying him Admiffiori to the Houfe after the laft Reftitution of the Parliament ; but the Coloriei having acted by order of the Par- liariieritjthey ordered the Prpeefs to be flopped. Yet fo low were the Affairs of the Parliament, and their Authority fo little regarded^ even iti-WetfminFfar Hall, that Sir Robert Pye, who had been committed to the Tower by their Or der, ming for hxsHabearCorpus at the Upper Bench, and JudgNewdigate demanding of tfye Counfel for theCjsmmon wealth what they had to fay why it fhould not be granted, the Coun fel anfwered,they had nothing to fay againft it. Whereupon the Judg , tho* no Enemy to Mon archy, yet afliamed to fee them fo unfaithful to their Truft, replied, that if they had nothing to fey; he had ; for that Sir Robert Pye being committed by an Order of the Parliament, an inferior Court' could not difeha rge him. The Houfe having agreed to all things nece%- Ty fori ffuing out Writs to elect Mdmbersfor fil ling up the Parfiament^oarderdd a Warrant to be figned by the Speaker, whereby the Commiffi oners of the Seal fhould be authorized to fend out Writs according toCuftpm : But he refu fed to do it, pretending, that if he fhould figi? any Warrant to that purpofe, he might be filed at Law by every individual Perfon in whole room any other fhould be elected;, and there fore defired that the Houfe would pafs an Act to enable their Clerk to fign the Warrant ; or ¦"' that C 843 > that the Commiflioners of the Seal might iffue out their Writs of Summons upon a general Act to be pafled to that end. It was anfwered, that the Duty of his Place obliged him to per form the Commands of the Houfe ; that having received* their Order in that Affair, he was thereby fully indemnified, and that he figned not the Warrant in his Perfonal , but in^his Politick Capacity. , But he would receive no Satisfaction, perfifting pofitively in hisRefufal, and fubmitting himfelf to their Pleafure, if they fhould think fit to fend him to the lower, or toxhopfe another Perfon to be Speaker in his Place. Whereupon the Houfe condefcended to pafs an Act to empower the Clerk to fign the - Warrant to the' Commiffioners of the Seal : tho for my own part } I was for taking the Speaker at his Word, and placing another Per fon in the Chair ; and- inftead of fending Mr. Lenihd to the lower, to have adjourned our felves thither ; but I could prevail with few to be of my opinion. This Bufinefs being • thus pafled, and my Doubts increafing touch ing the Event ofcthefe things, I earneftly defi red the Houfe, thatT might either beprefently heard concerning the Affairs of Ireland, and my own Conduct there; or that a fhort Day might be appointed When they would hear me with out any farther Delay : alledging for the Rea fon of my Jmportunity , that tho my Ene mies itfthat Country had by their late Actions manifefted to all the World' that their Enmity to (?44 ) , ' 'to the Parliament was much greater than to irid; yet being uncertain what fort of Men might foon have theprincipal influence in that Hpufe^ I could not belieVe they would think it convenient that a Charge of High Treafon, bow frivolous fosver,. fhould be tranfmitted to them againft^one of their old and faithful Servants. , Mr. Thomas Scot thinking my Dif courfe to reflect upon his Son, who had com manded the Forces before Duncannon, addreffed himfelf to the Speaker, and laid ; That tho he would not undertake to anfwer for all who had oppofed me in Ireland, yet he might affirm that one of ,them was their faithful Servant. To* which I replied , tho contrary to the Order ofthe Houfe,aHthiftgs there alfo beginning tp fall into confufion, That I could not pofitively fay who .-: that one Was that the- Gentleman. Whp ipoke laft meant, but fhould fuppofe he/intended his Sorij whom I affured them they could npt . think tobefueha Perfon as he had reprefenced hjm, unlefs they efteemed the Infurrection of Sir George Booth to have been for their Service, he having attempted to juftify the Lawfulnefspf j it in my Prefence. Upon thisdifpute,the Speak er prefuminghe ftiould be Welifeconded, ven tured to difcover^ his Malice alfo againft me, reminding the Houfe of an Order they had made for the Surrender of Duncannon, to which he faid, he knew not that any Obedience had been yielded ; and therefore thought* it rieceffary the Hoiife Oipuid be affured of that, before ( 84^ ) before any Order were made upon my Motion. In this Diforder and; Gpnfufibn the Houfe role about fix- iri the Evening. The Council of State fat late that Night, and received Advitte that the Secluded Members defigned to force themfelves into the Houfe the next, Mornings Thereupon thdy font a Meffage to Monk, to ac quaint him with the Information they had, and required bimto prevent it jif it fhould be attem- pted.He returned for an Anfwer tp the Council, that he,was well affured no foch thing was de figned! 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 Weftminfter, and were admitr ted into the Houfe by the Guard he had placed there, who were more ready to defend than oppofethem; and Monk having thus violated his Promifes , and abufed the Truft repofed in him by the Publick, took up his Quarters again , at Whitehall the fame Moming.Being inform'd Of thefe Tranfaaions, I refolved for my own part to give no countenance to the Secluded Members, by fitting with them who had no Right to any Place in Parliament, having been expelled the Houfe by more than, a Quotum of lawful Members. But that notice might be taken, that I had.not withdrawn my felf from»the Service of the Publick ; nor was at the Head of any Forces, as was given .out* (K40 I thought convenient to pafs fometinaes thrpugti Wtflminfter-Halt , where Mr. G eorge Montague* who knew I declined to come to. the Houfe, meeting me <, 'and asking- me the reafon of it, I anfwered , that having done as much as I could to ferve the Commonwealth, and feeing. an Impoffibility of contending againftthe pre fent Torrent, I had refolved toabfentmyfelf- from the Place where the- Parliament ufed to meetj that I might publickly difown the Autho rity bf thofe who had violently pofleffed them felves of the Houfe, and not feem to' content to the Confufions they Were bringing upbrc us. He tepliedi that in his opinion the Con ditions upon which the Secluded Member* had entred- the Houfe, were more difhbnoura- ble than thofe upon which others were gone cut, and that he was not willing- fo fit among. them-jthey having engaged to mak&Mdnh Gene ral of alltheForceS by Sea and Land* to fettle a conftant Maintenance fbr the Arirry, to appoint a New Parliament to be chofen; and when thefethings were difpatched, to put a Periodto tbemfelves within a day or two at the moft. Yet feme of the lawful Members of Parliament,. either through Fear or Curiofity, or fome other Motive not known to me, went into the Houfe and fat amongft them. Another part of them, being about fevdntedn in number^ whereof di vers were of the Council of State, Went to Monk to be informed from his own Mouth of the Reafons of thefe Proceedings, He received* '? them (§47) them with no lefs Civility than formerly; and having underftood from them the occafion of their coming, he made as fofemn Proteftations of his Zeal to a Commpnwealth Government as he had ever done ; defiring them to believe that the Permiffion he had given to the Seclu ded Members to enter the Houfe , was only to free himfelf from their Importunity, and that he would take effectual care to prevent them from doing any hurt in that Place. But thefe Gentlemen having refolved to try him to the «tmoft,demanoed farther if he would join with them againft Charles Stuart and his Party : In anfwer to, which, heapplied himfelf to Sir Ar thur Haflerig, wbo was one of them, and laid, Sir Arthur; I have often declared to you my Refbiution fo tq do : then taking off his Glove, and putting his'Hand within Sir Arthur's, he added ; / dohereprotefi to you in the Prefence of all thefe Gentlemen, that I will oppofe to tbeutmpB the fetting up ^Charles Stuart, a fingle Perfon^ or a Houfe of Peers. After thishe began to ex- poftrilafe with them touching«eir Suipicions, laying ; What is it that I have done in bringing thefe Members into the F$ufs? Are they not the fame that brought the Kjng to the" Block ? tho7 others cut off his Head, and thatfufily.. The Secluded Members having forced: them felves into the Houfe, took upon them the Au* thority of a Parliament, making Votes and en acting Laws as they pleafed, which Power they had hitherto ebnftaiwly deoied to be in a Heufo Ifoufo of Cotrimbns alone : but we rriuft be4* lievetheCafe to have been much altered upori their return; arid that a Houfe of Commons alorie, without a King or Houfe of Peers j might do any thing for betraying the Publick Caufe, tho it. could not have any colour of Autho rity to juftify them in doing the leaft thing for the.iecurity of it/ In purfiiance of thefe Principles,they paffed an, Act to make Monk Ge neral of all therForces belonging to the Parliai ment in England, Scotland and Ireland, both by Sea and Land, only they joined Col. Montague with him in the Office of Admiral ; which tho ilffl*£ relented asa Violation of the Treaty Jhe had made withthe Secluded Members, yet he thought not convenient to infift Upon the Al teration of that Particular. They continued the Cuftoms andExcife, and laid other Taxes on the People, borrowing great Sums of the City bf London on the Credit of their Adts. Monk took away Col, Walton's Regiment of Horfes and gave it tojCol. — Howard-, and having made choice of|t^o hundred Horfe for his own Guard , he appointed Col. Philip Howard to command them. He difpofed of Col. Rich's •¦ Regiment to, Col- Ingoldsby; but befpre 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 moft of them pro mifed ro remain faithful to him; but when { ?49. 5 Col.' Ingoldsby came down, partly by hisowrf Intereft amongthem, they having beeri under his command in the time of Cromwel, and partly by the Torrent of the ufurped Authority, which then ran that way, he prevailed with the greateft part pf them to defert their Colo-, • nel ; who finding himfelf abandoned by moft of them, yielded the reft to him, and de clared his Refbiution to acquiefee. Capt. Wal- cot, who had been an Officer in my Regiment* and by me preferred to be Captain Of a Troop of Horfe when t fent our Brigade into England, having gained an Intereft in' the Officers and Souldiers by his good Conduct, and fuppofing to find amongft them the? fame Affection to the Good Old Caufe they had always manifested fince their Arrival in England, went towards C heller , Where they were quartered; and being arrived within twelve Miles of that place,. he font a Letter to Major Woodward, of whofe Fidelity to the Parliament he thought himfelf fore, to acquaint him with hisRefolu- tibn of going to them. But fo great a Change had the late Turn wrought in Mens Minds, that the Major gave Capt. Walcot's Letter to Cpk Redman- who by Mdnk's Order. then com manded ounrifh. Brigade, and who irftmedu ately difpatched a Party of Horfe to feize the Captain ; which having done in obedience tb theOrder they had received, rather than from any Inclination to fuch an Imploiment , they Iii gave (850) gave him an Opportunity to make his efcape. Cap. Walcot coming after Wards toLondon,went to Monk ± and having delivered his Opinion freely touching the Publick Affairs , and the Ufage he had lately met with ,- Monk felf into a violent Paflionagainft him; but foon recol lecting himfelf, he treated him in a more civil manner, and gave him a Pafport to return into Ireland, where his Family and Eftate lay, fup-1 pofing thereby to render him lefs able to aflift his Enemies, than if he fhould continue in Eng land. The Secluded Members having forbid den the Council to fit, chofe one to fupply their place ; which was compofed of Mr. Dtnz.il Hol ies, SirGilbert Gerrard, Mr..Crew, Mr. Swinfen, Sir William Lewit,Sir William Waller, Col. John Birch , CoL George Monk , Sir Anthony Afhley Cooper, Col. Norton,^ Mr. ^nightly, Cpf. Her bert Mor ley, Sir HarhottkGrimeHone, Mr. Ar thur Anne fky, Sir Richard Onflow, Chief Juftice St. Johns , Serjeant Browne , Qql. Brown , Src. This New Council was vefted with large Pow ers of- imprilpning fuch as they fufpected, and doing other things fiitable to the Defign^ then on foot. Sir Hardttft,WaUer plained pf them, by means of his Kinfman Sir William Waller, a Per million to come over to England,' and to be brought before them » where having fubfcribed an Engagement to acquiefce,andto appear ppoh Summons, he was difchargdd from (Juftody. 'ButSir Charles Coote, who was well acquainted with < %* ) With the Bottom of Monk's Defign , and1 con- feious to himfelf how much he had exafperated the King's Friends in Ireland , by his cpnftant Oppefition to them , having added to all the reft the Execution of one Stuart, that was re lated tothe Royal Family,- thought he could never do things horrid enbUgh to thofe of his own Party, iri order to reconcile himfelf tothe other :Therefore that he might give them what Affurances he could that he was wicked enough to be imployed and trufted by them , he fent a Party of Horfe and feized the Chief Juftice Xoke, to make fome amends to His Sacred Ma- jefty by that Sacrifice. The grand Defign of deftroyingthe Commonwealth being fo fa/ ad vanced, Monk caused a Declaration toj&drawii in theNarne of the Officers about London, and recommended to the reft of the Officers in the three Nations,decIaring it to be their Duty and Refbiution to fubmit to the Authority that was over them, and to obey fuch Orders as they ftiould receive from them : which when they were upbraided with, as a thing contrived to ?betray the Publick Caufe, many of the Officers --fretted themfelves fo fenfible of the Gonfe- quences of it, that they earneftly preffed tha£ a Council of War might be called ; making irife-pf forrfe Reafons to'perfwade their Gene ral to it, but indeed to unite themfelves to each other, and in a- publick manner to exprefs their Eefolutions to lay down their Lives for the Iii s Common- ( S52 ) Comrhan- wealth. But Monk being informed of their Defign, Difperfed them to their re- ipective Commands, to which they tamely fubmitted,notwithftanding the bigWords they had fpoken without doors. Hereupon the Se cluded Members fufpecting Sir Arthur" Haflerig to have had a principal handin raifing thisSpirit in the Officers of the Army, fent to him to take his Place in the Houfe where the Parliament ought to fit, which to that time he had not done. Sir Arthur find ing it impoflible to re fill the Strearn, being accompanied with divers Members, went in to them ; Where, as I haye been informed by fome that were then prefent, he did not behave himfelf with that Courage and Refolution that ufually attended him, but pleaded in his excufe the Reverence he always had for the Authority of Parliaments, and en deavoured to juftify himfelf touching any Vio lations that had been made againft it, alluring them of his Intention to acquiefce Under the prefent Power. Major General Lambert alfo, who had hitherto concealed himfelf in hopes of finding an opportunity to appear at the Head offomeParty, and thereby to prevent theDe fign of Monk, finding that the Army had for the moft part fubmitted to the Authority of the Secluded Members, furrendred himfelf to the New Council of State, in hopes of better Terms from them than he could have promifed himfelf from the former, who he thought would would have been more likely to refent the Force he had put upon the Parliament : But they con trary to his Expectations requiring him to give* 'Security for his quiet Deportment, upon his re- fufal fo to do, committed him to the ToWdr. Moft of the .Co/pmon- wealth-Party were Ve ry fenfible of thtdangerous Condition of their Affairs ; and that they might not be altogether wanting to their own Prefervatien, and to the Service of the Publick, fome of the principal Perfons among them had divers Meetings ; at one of which. I took the liberty to make the following Proppfitions:That feven pfthe Cbun- cil bf §tate, and three of the Generals that had been appointed by the Parliament, fhould figri fuch Orders as were neceffary for putting our Defign in execution.: That the Regiment of Col. Mofs which lay in Kent and not far from London, and another which lay in the Borough of Southwark Commanded by Lieut. Col. Farnly, confiftingin all of more than 2000 old Soldiers, Of whofe. Integrity and Affection we had good Affurance, fhould be ordered to march to the Tpwer to join with Col. Morley's Regiment which was already there, and would be ready to receive them, having fent to me. to let me know that the Tower, fhould be at my Com mand whenfoever I pleafed to defire it : That the Commanders of thefe Forces fhould take with them Provifions for fix Months, giving Tickets for the Quantity fo taken payable by Iii 5 the the Parliament of England : That the Militia of London which had been lifted during the Government of the Parliament, fhould be au-; thorized to meet as there fhould be occafion, to aflift the Force*s in the Tower : That four pr five places af Rendezvous fhould be appoint ed for the Forces of the Army*fhat lay feattered up and doWri in feverakParts of the Nation ; and that Officers fhould be agr eed upon, to ap pear at the Head of them : That the Souldiers both Horfe and Foot, "fhould have the liberty either to follow their ojd Officers, Or to appoint new : That thofe Officers who fhpuld prevail with the major part of their Men to follbw^them, fhould continue in their refpedtive Pofts ; and that thbfe tliat-appeared heartily to promote this Defign , tho they .could not perfwade the greater part of their Souldiers fo. follow- .them, fhould have Prpvifion made for them equal to Command. Monk, in purfoance of their Di rections, prevailed with Col. Alured, who was one of tbe Generate appointed by the Parlia ment, to go down to Hull, and to endeavour to perfwade Major General Overton to quit the Place. Accordingly he went down , and hay ving acquainted the Major General, with the Reafon of his Journey, was prefently put into thepoffeflionofit. ' It was matter of wonder to me,that Col. Alured, in whom the Common wealth Party.had repofed fo great Truft, would fuffer himfelf to be imployed in fuch a Meffage to one of the moft faithful Servants of the Parliament. But I was fomewhat more fatif- fied when Majpr Generaf Overton came to London, where he^affured rile that Col. Alured had neither faid nor done at Hull any thing un becoming an honeflc Man ; but that uppn the N^ws of thelntrufion oftheSecluded Members, the Cavalier Party in the Town had fo irierea- fed, and his oWn Souldiers fplit into fuch Divi fions, that he had no hopes left of keeping it. At this time it wasdifputed, whether the Se cluded Members fhould agree upon a Settle* ment, or whether it fhould be left for a Parlia ment to do :*Some were for calling in the Lords who fate in the Year 1648, that they, together with the Commons, might enter into Treaty with the King for a future Eftablifhment,which ijipujd bd grounded chiefly uppn the Cpnceffi- ©ns ( 86*0 ) brts made by the laft King in the Ifle of Wight. But Monk being earneftly defirous to bring back the King without any Conditions, in hopes thereby to procure a Recompence equal to the Greatnefs of his Treachery , prevented the Succefs of that Propofition; which part he adt- 'ed fo openly, that divers of the Secluded and Other Members Of Parliament refolved to imi tate him : and tho all of them had engaged the Nationin a War againft the King, had contri buted the utmoft of their Endeavours to carry it on, and called in the Scotifh Nation to aflift theminit; yet upon, a Debate Whether thofe of the King's Party fhould be admitted to e- lect Members for the fucceeding Parliament, it was, to the aftbriifhment of allMih but themfelves, carried fbffhe Affirmative. Ha ving dbrte this, 5 they ordered Writs to be iffued * outirifhe Name of the Keepers of the Liberties of "England, excludingfuch from being chofen Who had ferved the King, Which was contri ved to lead the People blindfold to their own Ruin, and to put fome colour upon the Cheat they were about to impofe on them. For they knew that having given leave for the Cavaliers to choofe, and by every Step they had taken, manifefted their Malice againft the Common- wealth, it Would cer ta inly come tb pafs , that either the Sons of thofe of the King's Party, or at leaft fuch as had privately favoured that Intereft, wpukj for the moft part bechpfen in that ( Wl ) that Conjuncture, when the Common-wealth Party were under the greateftDifcouragenients, ancj could not appear with Safety under the u- furped Authority. v They undertiood alfo that tho it fhould happen, contrary to theExclufion before mentioned, that thofe who had been actually in Arms for the King fhould be chofen and returned, to fit in the Houfe, yet we were not likely to procure them to be ejected at foch a time as this; having not been able, without the-greateft difficulty, to caft out, even front Richard's Convention, thofe that bad been in Arms againft us. The Secluded Members not thinking them felves fecurej till they had put the Militia into the hands of fuch as were Enemies to the Corn^ mon wealth, pafled an Act to that purpofe, and ordered it to be printed and publifhed : Where at the Officers about Monk were fo offended, that tho they had loft all Affection tothe Pub lick Caufe, yet fofp^cting that the forming fuch a Militia, and intruftingit in the Hands of Commiflioners that were known to be Fa vourers of the King's Party, might prove in jurious, if riot deftructive to the Army, by bringing in the Son of the late Kjfog without them , they applied themfelves to Monk, and earneftly defired that in confideration of his own and their Danger, he would prevent the Execution of the faid Act. whereupon he fent a Letter to the pretended Parliament, to let ( M*} let them know, that being informed of tfie Difeffe&ion of the CommiflionervriOrainated in the Act they had pafled touching the Militia, he defired thern to forbear, the Execution of it, left the Perfons they had intrufted therein might erect fuch a Power in oppofition tothe Army, as might be fofficient tO bring in Charles Stuart. The Letter being read in the Houfe, ^aufed a great Perplexity amongft them, many riot knowing what Judgment to make of it, and fome of them fearing that Monk would de ceive thdm at Iaft.N But others unddrftopd him well enough ; arid therefore, notwithftanding his Letter, Mr.Prynn went to the Printer, and procured the Act to bd immediately made publick, knowing it to be the defire of Monk that it fhould be fo. Yet that they might cor- refoond With him in his Deceit , they fent Sir PTilliam.W'aller and one more, to give him iatisfactiori concerning the. Particulars of the Act, Which be pretended to fcruple. They acquainted him,that tho there were many Per fons nominated in theAtt, who might be wif- ling to do as was fufpected, yet that by it none ? \y ere permitted to act as CommifliPndrs, but fuch as fhould PWn the Juftice of the Parlia ment's Caufe againft the King to the Year 1648, by fubfcribing a Paper to that purpofe- They alfoirifprmedhim,that the faid Commit .lionets were not to appoint anyCofonels or Cap" tains to acl in the Militia, before they fhould C 863 ) be approved by, the Council of State. M°»h being willing to receive fatisfaction , ha ving fent the foremeotioned Letter only at the Importunity of "the Officers , refolved to be contented with this Anfwer ; tho' all Men faw how little Confcience the Ca valier Party made of figning any Paper , in order to promote the Intereft of their Fa ction. \ s - The Act for the Militia being pafled, the Command of all the Forces and Garifons fet tled 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 fafety on all Emer gencies , and to difpofe Affairs as they fhould think fit till the meeting of the nextParliarrienr. Which being done, and the Houfe ready to pafs the Actfor their Diffolution, Mr. Crew who had been as forward as any Man in beginning and carrying on the War againft the laft Kirtg, mo ved, that beforethey diffolved themfelves, they would bear their witnefs againft the horrid Murder , as he called it , of the King. This unexpected Motion prevailed with many then prefent to deny their Cericurrence to that Act againft the King , tho not to reflect in the fame manner on thofe who had been concerned in it: And one of them concluding his DiL, courfe With proteftingthat he had neither Hand nor Heart in that Affairy Mr. I homos Scot, who had ( 8*4 ) had been fo much deluded by the Hypqcrify of Monk, as I have already relatetL; in abhor rence of thatJbafe Spirit, faid, That tho he knew not where to hidehis Head at that time,' yetf he durft not refufe to own , that not only his Hand , but his Heart alfo was in it : and after he had produced divers Reafons to prove the Juftice of it, he concluded, that he fhould defire no greater Honour in this World, than that the following Irtfcription might be engra ven on his Tomb ; Here Ueth one who had a. Hand and a Heart in the Execution of Charles Stuart late -King- of England. Having faid this, he and moft of the' Members who had a Right to fit in Parliament withdrew from the Houfe ; fo that there was not the fourth part of a jgttorum r of lawful Member^ prefent in the Houfe, when the Secluded Members, who, had been voted out of the Parliament by thofe that had ari undifputed Authority over their own Members , undertook to diffolve the Parlia ment, which was riot to be done , unlefs by , their own Confent ; and whether that Con fent was ever .given, is fubmitted. to the Judgment pf all impartial Men. This Face of Authority being vanifhed after a full Difc covery of the Malignity of" their Intenti ons , I fupppfed the Cruelty of their Coun- cil of State would not fail to increafe wirhtheir Fears; and therefore, tho I continued to pals forne times thro Westminster Hall, that they "[ might ( Stf5 ) foigbt fee I was not withdrawnjyet Ididit not fo frequently and publickly as I had done, chari* ging my Lodging from the Houfe of one Friend to that qf another ; and when I H^ at my own1 Houfe, taking the beft care I could do to fecure my felf from being furprized. In the mean time, a confiderable Patrty of thofe who had been engaged againft thdKing$ refolved to raife a Sum of Money topayfubh iTroops as {hould be willing to draw together againft Monk and hisPanizanS; and that tWO of their number fhould be bound for the peaceable Deportment of Major General Lani- bert in the penal Sum of five thoufand Pounds, fo much being demanded by the Council of State,- which Bond, if it fhould come to be forfeited , and the Perfons bound conff rained to pay the Money , it was agreed that the faid * .$um fhould be difeharged out Pf the Publick Stock. Mr. Slingsby Bethel was imployed by the moft eminent Perfons Concerned in this Defign, to communicate their Refolutions to Sit Arthur Hajlerig, whom he attended at his Lodg ing! to tbat: purpofe, and found him in a moft melancholy pofture , fitting in a Chair, and leaning his Head Upon 'both Jhis Hands. Mr. Bethelasked him the reafon of his trouble ; and received for AnfWer, That having been with* Monk that Morning , and prefling him to give him fome affurance of his Care of the Com monwealth , 'reminding him of his Oaths and 1 K'kk Prb- froteffatidns of* Fidelity to the Caufe , Mok$ hadtrdated him inanunufual manner, and de manded how he cqpd expect any thing frorhl liim, whom he had endeavoured to make left than he was before he marched to London t Sir Arthur added to the reft of his Difcourfe td Mr. Bethel, We are undone, We are undone. Thus he that had abandoned hispid Friends to fupport the Intereft of Monk, and Would not be perfwaded of the Malignity of his Defigns, whereby he had loft many Opportunities of re* covering all, Was at laft deferred by him, arid almoft driven to defpair. Mt'.Scot alfo informed me, that hehad loft all hopes of getting fucn, a number of our Council of State together, as fhould be neceffary to put in execution the De fign which I had propofed ; arid that, having notice that thd New Council of State had re folved to feize his Perfon, he defigned to retire into the Country, as Welf to fodure himfelf, as to .endeavqur to be elected into the enfuing Convention, which by the Vote of the Secluded Members was to be Called a Parliament. Thefe things put me in further doubt Of my' own .Safety, and moved me to. provide for riiy felf as well as I could. To that end I feldom lay ^atmyown Houfe, after Mr. Scdt's Departure from London', and finding my felf deprived of all means tpforve thepublicfc, ind expectm|* the utmoft Extremities thatMalice could invent againft thofe that had faithfully, ferved their Coun* (m ) Country, I refolved alfo tp withdraw my felf fromthe Obfervatipn of the Ufurpers, and to gointo the Country. In purfuance of this Re- iblution I departed from London, accompanied by my Wife in a fmall Chariot drawn by two Hqgfes, having fent two Servants before well Zripunted to attend him on the Road, with a led Horfe for my felf, if there fhould be occa- fion. The fecond 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 Perfon that -waited on my Mother , and was fent by our Relations with Letters to in form me of what had happened fince our De parture : That abbut an hour and a half after We left London, a Meffenger from the Council of State came to the Houfe where I lodged, with an Order requiring me to appear before £hem ; affuring my Relations he had the like Orders for fummoning Mr. Miles Corbet, CoL John Jones, artd Col. ihomlinfon, Commiffio ners of Parliament for the Affairs of Ireland, ta attend the laid Council : That the Meffen ger being earneft to know whether I was gone, that lie might give the more certain account to tjiofe that fent him ; my Sifter Kjmpfon doubt ing they might fend after me and feize me, had refufed to anfwer that Queftion ; and that my Mother Oldfworth fearing my Sifters Refufal might increafe the Jealoufy of the Council of State, and put them upon taking fome extream Kkk 2 Mear ( 858 ) Meafores" againft me, had prevailed with toy Father-in- Law her Husband to wait on the Couricil the next Morningjand to inform them whither I was gone, and the Caufd of my 'Re moval from London. Having received* -ithis account , . and foon concluding that the Corirt- cil- either had already,, Or would fend fpeddily after me, I mounted my led Horfe, that I might: be the. better prepared to make my Efeape^jf I fhould happen to be purfued ; arid left thejf, fhould have waylaid me on the Road, I dh. Vided my littleCpmpariy, directing my Wife .with the Chariot and twp Servants totake the common Road by Bagfhpt, whilft I with a Groom croffed the Heath, and declined all pub lick Roads : Sothat my Wife and I met not, till towards the Evening I perceivddher corning by a private way,whieh it was neceflary to pafs before fhe could reach the Houfe of my Coufin Robert Wallop at Farley, where we had agreed to remain that Night. There we'fouridMr. NicholasLove, who had been one of the late King's Judges* and who arrived there juft be fore us. . Sopri after our Arrival , Mr. Wallop Who had been at a Mannor calldd Husbands, be longing to him, camejhome, arid received us witfihisufoal Generofity and cordial Affection, expreffing no lefs Zeal to the Commonwealth, than when it was in itshighqftprofperity.' And. tho I acquainted him with the State of my Af fairs, and with the Probeedfrigs of the Coun cil giiin relation to me, he earneftly defired me to continue at his Houfe : But I thought it not ^deceritfotodo ; and therefore after two Nights flay I took leave of him j and went to Sutton, Where! lay with as much Privacy as I could, having difeovered that the Mafter of the Inn,, had been one of the late King's Guard, and pafboriately addicted to the Cavalier InterefL The next day I went to the Houfe of my Cou fin William Ludlow at Clarendon, where I was informed that Mr. Baintvn, whom I had pro mifed to ferve in the enfuing-Election, had de- fifted from his Defign , and that Sir ^Anthpny Afbley Cooper and Mr. Earnly were likely to be xhofen. However to make good riiy Promife, Tfent a Letter to him, to let him know I was .come into the Country, and to offer him what Service Lcould, if he perfifted in his Intentions to ftand for the County of Wilts. Having rdifpatched this Meffage^ and doubting the Council of State might fend to feize, or at leaft to fummon me, I went privately from Claren don tq Salisbury, and took up my Lodgings at the^oufe of one Mr. Traughtop, a Minifter of that City; where after I had been two or three days, I received a Letter from my Fa ther pldfworth, by which 1 underftood he had been with thofe of the Couricil of State, and having informed them, that the Defign of rm/, journey into the Country , was in orderto fettle myAnairs there, they feemed to be well JW- / ' Kkk 3 iidd ...i-w.y fied. He acquainted . me alfo that Mr. Mile* Corbet, Col. John Jones,' and 'Col Th6mlihfo)n\ had, attended the Council inqbedienfce to their Summons, and were not permitted to depah, fill they had. figned an Engagement tp give no I)ifturfoance to the. prefent Power. The coh- fideratibn of this Proceeding towards ; thdfti, made me fet a higher.yalue? on my Deliverance fmm their Hands, than I had hitherto d'brie>| For if I had not lefitridtown^henl did',' the| Summons from the Council had beeri ferved upon me ; and if I bad not ^ppeared^ ii would l*ave been taken as a Contempt : but if I had appeared, they would undoubtedly' have ten dered methelike Engagement tp fign,Which I cpuM not have done any more than? that Which was required from me by $*f$wel, and fp might have been imprifoned 5 and1 in all proMbility detained till trie Return of Charles Stuart^ ' ' The time of the Efec^oji drawing near, I fent 4 Mdff@qger?to Mr'.Mainion for fiisiaft ftefofutfon in thjs matter, who i .returned me this Anfwer ,-. That having had a 'Meeting With the Gentlemen of? the ^Country at the Tkvffm , he had refolved? npt to put nis Friends to the tfoubfe of appearibg for him; judging it the be$ way rather to fwim With fheStream,thao to be bor'n dows^wjjth it.feing < «.7i ) Money I cquld amongft my Tenants , by fi ling up Eftates, and changing Lives: which liaving difpatched, I Went to mv Manner qf jQaaytefor thd fame end ; and being there,- was much importuned by the Inhabitants of the Borough of Hinden, part of the faid Mannor, to be one of their Burgefles in the Affembly that was to meet at Weifminfler. Tho I durft not defire any to confer fo great a Truft on me, yet I confefe it was no fmall Contentment to me, thatthey would manifeft their Refpetts tp my Perfon, and their Remembrance of my Services, whatfoever they hadbeen, in fuch? a Conjuncture, when the Cavalier Party, with what Defign may eafily be Conjectured , had Printed the Names of the late King's Judges, .of which Number lhad theHonourtobeone,; and when tlo&lntereft was already become fo prevalent, tlyaf fcheHeir of the Lord Cotungton9 tho a Papift and an Ideotv had found a Party fufficient to put him into ppffefliori of Founthii. Houfe, which had been given by the Parlia ment to the Lord Prefident Bradfbaw, and to maintain him therein by open Violence,againft the Kinfman and Heir of the faid Prefident. Having finifhed my private Affairs as we|t as I could , I was willing to have ic believed that I was gpne to Salisbury, and therefore fet fprwardon that way ; but to defeat, if poffible the Malice of my Enemies, I went not far be fore I quittedthat Road ; and having font my Kkk 4 'Cha- iCharjot, wherein my Wife was, to Salisbury. t mounted on Horfeback, arid-paffingover the fills' that lie towards Somerfeifbire, I went to the Houfe of my Brother Si'rdngways at* Eaft- Charleton, where I ftaid about four days as pri vately as I could y my Horfes being watered within the Walls of the Houfe, and the Servants commanded to be filent concerning me. * The time of Election for the Borough of fHlndenbeingcome, the Perfons in Nomination Were Mr. How of Berwick, Sir Thpmas Thynm, - phd my felf. All agreed to chufeMr. How, fo that the Difpute lay between Sir Thomas and Mel The number of the Electors was about .twenty fix, of whom lhad nineteen Voices, and was thereupon declared by the Bailiff to be elected with Mr. Howy to ferve for that Borough. The Indentures wlfefigned, and.* Writ returned to the Sheri#^cording .. to Cuftom. But theAgdrtts of Sif Thonias Thynne being unwilling to lofe all their Troubleand • Expenee, and' gueffirig; upon probVble^rounds, \that if theyf Cquld bring* the Cafe before the ftext Aflembly *' they fhould certainly carry it againft me , ligned another Indenture for Mr. How and Sir Thomas Thynne, making up in, Number what they wanted in Quality, taking theSubferiptipris of the Rabble, who not on ly paid nothing either to the Stajte, Church or Poor , but alfo received the Publick Alms of the Pariftf: And to gain thefe , theyi were fibKged to defcend to the moft unworthy Art* rices, affirming that I was already fled, and that they fhould certainly be deftroved-by the King, if they elected me. ._.,,. Before I went into Somerfetfiire I had Ot- deredone pf my Tenancs,of whofe Fidelity! had eood affurance, to find put fo^e private^oufe wherelmight remain till I Could better difcern what conffe to take. Having made a diligent Inquiry, became tome with an account that he had found out divers places, whereof I might make choice of that which I fhould beft approve for my Retirement, which accordingly I did, and was received with hearty Affection ; and during the time I ftaid there, enjoyed great Satisfaiaioo in the Convention of the good Man of the Houfe, who was^a Lover of his Conntry^PofTeffor of an Et^eof about on| hundred Pounds by Year iq f™^J*£ Contempt, and below Envy. After [had I beg with him about eight days, I thbughtl m ght. without much hazardgivemy Wifea vifit at Salisbury ; .and accordingly I went thrther in the Night, and lay there. . The next day being Sunday, News was brought to that pkcethat Major General Lambert had made his efcape Sof the Tower, and that it was fqppofed he would be able to draw a confiderable part rfff/^iotoaBodylMUJl: Hereupon It doubting that theutmoft di igence > won d gfufed to fa^> **»<«»*£& thofe of Stdifbqry Were informed that I was mth^fe parts , f returned to riiy former Lodg ing , where I had not been abovetwo or three davsuwhen the Man that had aflifted Major General Lambert in his efcape, dame to me with atyieffage from him, to acquaint me that divers Officers of the Army had been with him ; that they Had agreed Upon two places of Rendez vous, and had difperfed tfieni^Ives to their re. fpectiveCoUntries,1riordd«?to put their Defign in execution^ that they had received Affurances that jhe greateft part of the Army wpuld joir* ,wijth them , and therefore defired that I wpuld giveQrdersfbr tbePorcesin the Weftern Parts to draw together, and that I would meet him at the Head bf them in the County of Ox- fjord. ?But I rgught it not prudent to en gage fry FriehWin fo p^^^ a manner, till I Hiould fee fome probability of making a ftand, whereof 1 corfceived I might give fome guefs? by Lambert's firft Rendezvouz, which was ap pointed to be about %1/^rr. In the mean time I difpatched Meffehgersto feveral Officers that commanded thd Forces in the Counties of J2prfet,Soiperfet and Wilts, to be ready to march irthere fhould be oecafion. I received afh> ranee from acpnfiderable Party about Taunton, that the Caftle ffipufd be fecured for the j?ub-, lick Service, and had divers Promifes Of the fame nature from other Places. The Horfe that tiy" at Salisbury bega'n to ftagger, arid }, doubt C i»fc ) doubt not Would have been honeft if they ha^ feen a Force fufficient to have made it reafona- bld for them to appear. About eight days aft$c my : return from Salisbury, one Major Whitby came to me from Major General Lambert^ to acquaint me with his Intentions, and to conftut with rne, concerning the beft way of drawing together the Forces on our fide. He affured me that about one thoufand Horfe were already with Lambert, and that he had good affuranqe' that moft part of the Army would join with liim. Having received this.Information, and being willing to hazard all with Major General Lambert or any other Perfons, if I might, be fatisfied they aimed at the good of the-Com- monwealih, I defired to know what -Ljttp- bert had or would declare for, it being that I thought the Duty of every Man to inform him felf of the Juftice of the Caufe, before he en- gageth himfelf in it. Major Whitby anfwered, that it was! not now a time to declare what we' WPuldbefor, but what we would be againft, which was that Torrent of Tyranny and Pope ry which was ready tobreak in upon us. To which I replied , that the beft way to prevent thofe Mifchiefs, would be to agree upon Some thing that might be contrary to them, not fo much in Name, as in the Nature of it ; Whereby we might juftly hope to engage all good Men to favour and aflift us. in ourBnter- prige ; and that the utmoft care ought to be ta ken fren tocbriviftde the Nation of theSjuicerity and Juftice of our Intentions^, efpecially finceall Men ftnew they had been fo lately cheated, by?*$d- vancing a Perfonal inftead of a Publick In tereft, and' therefore not likely to be fo eafily taken with the fame Bait again. So having com municated to me what heliad in trull, and having received my Anfwer,the Major depart ed ; and two or three days after an account was brought to me, that Major General Lambert's Party was difperfed,and himfelf taken Prifpner '¦ by Col. Ingoldsby. To which Defeat? an Acci- ¦ dent that happened did not a little contribute ', for fome of Ihgoldsby's Party in their March had met Capt. Hajkrig, Son to Sir Arthur, and knowing his Troop to he with Lambert, they * feized him and brought him to Cot Ingoldsby, where he faid, that being diffatisfied With Lam bert's Defign, he had quitted the Party, and * thereby hoped tto be fet at liberty. But,.%«/^r told him; that unlefs he would bring off hjs Troop alfo from Lambert^ his deferring thern fhould be of no advantage to him. Hcprpmi- fed to ufe the beft of his Endeavours to ferve him, and thereupon was permitted to return, to Lanibert: When the two Parties were ready to engage , he brought off his Troop as he had promifed to endeavour* wflfoh caufed fuch a Confternationin the reft of the Party, that ma ny of them went over to Ingoldsby, and . moft part of thofe who did not think f|t to follow their ( 87? ) their Example, fhifted fbr themfelves as welf as they could, leaving Lambert talking with 7»? goidsby, and endeavouring to diffuade him frprhj engaging any farther againft him. But Col, Ingoldsby perceiving that Lambert's Party bad abandoned him,ridupclofeto him and required him to yield himfelf Prifoner, which after a fhort hefitation he did , denting Ingpldsby'i Lordfhip, as he called him, to give him leave to efcape. Col. Cobbet%Ma'$qr Creed, and fome other Officers were taken Rtiifoners, and with Major Gen. Lambert committed to the Tower* Thus our Enemies were thdfe of our own Houfe, and it was not the King's Party that; could deftroy us; which asit ought to be a Sub-" *y$$k of Humiliation to us, fo; it can be no juft Caufe of Exaltation to them. Being thus de prived of an Opportunity of appearing in the Field for the Service of my Country, I refol ved to goto London, and there to wait the PfeaH fore of God, either by acting or foffering ijt^his Caufe; where being arrived , I took up my Lodging at the Houfe of a Friend who lived in Holborn,and endeavouring to learn what Major General Lambert defigned to have done if he hadkepthisgrapnd, I was informed that he had prepared two Declarations very different J from each other,* intending to. publifh that which might .have procured him the greater Party : but becaufe it could not be agreed which of them was rnoft likely to do fo, he had thought (87§> thought fit to publifh neither. Hithert6W