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<HEAD><HI>A &s;hort Narrative by way of Vindication of the late Honourable Marque&s;&s;e of</HI> Montro&s;&s;e, <HI>his last De&s;igne, impartially &s;et|ting forth the true grounds which moved him to undertake that &s;econd imployment, together with the most probable cau&s;es of his mi&s;carriage therein.</HI></HEAD>
<P>TO unlock the &s;ecret Riddles of Divine Providence, or make di&s;covery of the &s;trange and unparalleld Changes this Age hath brought forth, is a Worke fitter for an OEDIPUS then my &s;elfe; yet for &s;atisfaction of well affected mindes, who have not had the benefit and opportunity to be throughly informed of each particular truth, &amp; rectifying the mi&s;guided judgements of &s;uch as give credit to all vulgar Reports without any ju&s;t examination; as al&s;o the clearing of many mi&s;takes that &s;omewhat &s;owrely reflect upon per&s;ons not rightly concerned, and as Ju&s;tice and Equity requires, &s;etting the &s;addle upon the right hor&s;e: Have I adventured to &s;et Pen to Paper, and make the world acquainted with &s;uch ob&s;ervations of the truth of things, as in my travells abroad (not without &s;ome paines, and co&s;t, and danger too) I have acquired touching the late Lord Marque&s;&s;e of MON|TROSSE, his la&s;t Engagement and mi&s;carriage therein.</P>
<P>That cur&s;ed faction, which was fir&s;t hatched in Scotland, but after|wards nur&s;ed and brought up in England, having attained its fu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">l growth, and come to that ripene&s;&s;e of Rebellion, as to de&s;troy that peerele&s;&s;e Prince CHARLES the Fir&s;t, of ble&s;&s;ed Memory: The un|happy newes of his death, together with tho&s;e Acts of the Engli&s;h State (as they called them&s;elves) for Abolition of Monarchy, and di&s;inheri&s;i|on of the Heire apparent to that Crowne and Kingdome (de&s;igned of purpo&s;e utterly to extirpate the Royal Family, Root and Branch) &s;oone arrived at the Hague, where the Prince of Wales then re&s;ided, and filled all mens mindes with a&s;toni&s;hment at the horrour of the fact: A dumbe &s;ilence for a good while po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed their &s;oules, griefe and amaze|ment &s;tupified their under&s;tandings, and &s;o many perplexities pertur|bed their Rea&s;on, that for the pre&s;ent they knew not which way to turne, what advice or cour&s;e to take to expedite them&s;elves out of that deplorate condition, till time (the cure of mighty cares) had let them
<PB N="2" REF="3"> breath out their mournfull &s;orrowes, and after &s;ome few weekes, di&s;|peld tho&s;e clouds of griefe by intervention of &s;undry Agents from For|raine Princes, &s;ent to the now newly proclaimed King of Scotland, partly to condole his Fathers death, partly to comfort and cheere up his drooping &s;pirits, with hopes, if not promi&s;es of a&s;&s;i&s;tance. And that Forrainers might not out&s;trip his Native Subjects, obliged by more &s;trict ties of Loyalty and Religion, divers of the Nobility and Gentry (His Maje&s;ties exiled Subjects) from all parts flocked to the Court, and as their Allegiance bound them, made tender of their &s;ervice to their yong King: Brave Loyall &s;oules, who had lo&s;t all the e&s;tates they had in defence of (their Prince) the Father, his ju&s;t Cau&s;e, Crowne and Dignity, were now ready, and offered them&s;elves to venture all that was left, their lives, in re&s;toring (their Prince likewi&s;e) his Son, to his ju&s;t Rights and Inheritance. To compleat this Loyal Tribe, came that Renowned Scot, the Marque&s;&s;e of MONTROSSE, one famous all the world over, not more for his Eminent Loyalty, knowne Prudence and integrity&punc; then for his Valour and skill in Military Affaires, manife&s;ted in tho&s;e &s;ignall Victories obtained not long &s;ince over the Rebels in Scotland.</P>
<P>This comfortable appearance &s;oone cleared up the &s;ad face of the Court, and gave life and warmth to their &s;tupified &s;pirits, &s;o as in time they begin to bethinke them&s;elves of the be&s;t prudentiall meanes, how to put the yong King into a condition to act for the recovery of his ju&s;t Rights and Inheritance: And &s;hortly after the Marque&s;&s;e of MON|TROSSE his comming thither, a Councell was called, wherein his Ma|je&s;ties mo&s;t faithfull &s;ervants humbly repre&s;ented unto him, his low, and &s;eemingly deplorate condition, through the power and prevalency of his utter enemies in all or the mo&s;t part of his Dominions; adding al&s;o &s;ome pre&s;&s;ing Arguments to &s;harpen him &s;peedily to act &s;ome thing for revenge of his Fathers death, whil&s;t his wounds bled a fre&s;h, and the memory of that horrid fact had yet an impre&s;&s;ion on the hearts of his bleeding Subjects. His Maje&s;ty returned them thankes for their pru|dent advice, and commanded them to con&s;ider of &s;ome effectuall expe|dient to that purpo&s;e, promi&s;ing withall he would be guided onely by the conduct of their Coun&s;els, who had approved them&s;elves &s;o faithful and loyal to his decea&s;ed Father.</P>
<P>Within few dayes after the Councell met againe, and then by way of expedient they offered the&s;e two Propo&s;alls to his Maje&s;ties choice;
<PB N="3" REF="3"> either to &s;end his Emba&s;&s;adours abroad to all Chri&s;tian Princes for &s;up|plies both of men and mony, that an Army might be &s;peedily &s;ent into the North of Scotland to ayd his Loyal Subjects there, who were then ri&s;en up in Armes for him, and would receive and proclaime him King without any conditions or limitation: Or el&s;e to yield him&s;elfe over to the unrea&s;onable Demands the Scotch Parliament were now about to &s;end him; and &s;o ca&s;t him&s;elfe wholly upon that perfidious party in Scotland, who JUDAS like, had &s;old their Lord and Ma&s;ter, (nay wor&s;e then JUDAS, &s;old their Prince that came to them for protection, vo|luntarily, if not upon a&s;&s;urance of &s;afety; and to their eternall infamy be it &s;poken, never repented of it, as JUDAS did, nor brought back the mony, which was the price of their Prince) into the hands of the En|gli&s;h, and &s;o were become Acce&s;&s;aries, if not Principalls in their Kings murther: And who by the &s;ame Artifice and Legerdemaine, where|with they had de&s;troyed the Father, &s;ought now to intrap the Son, by proclaiming him King with provi&s;oes, as if he &s;hould not enjoy the Kingdome by any naturall Right of Succe&s;&s;ion and Heir&s;hip; but by E|lection, and mutuall compact between him and his people: For thus to proclaime him King, and by a limitation to deny him the exerci&s;e of his Regall Power, is in effect to depo&s;e him before he came to the Crown; depo&s;ing being nothing el&s;e but excluding of Kings from the exerci&s;e of that power, which of Right belongs to them.</P>
<P>The Debate upon the&s;e Propo&s;alls was hotly di&s;puted by his Maje|&s;ties Councell, for tho&s;e who were truely loyal upon hone&s;t and legall Principles, were of opinion the &s;afe way was for his Maje&s;ty to enter the North of Scotland with a Forraine force; but &s;uch as were loyal onely upon private intere&s;t, favouring the &s;acrilegious ends of the Presbyter, and fearing his Maje&s;ties Power if brought in by the &s;word; were of opinion, his Maje&s;ties &s;afe&s;t way would be to yield him&s;elfe up to the Parliament of Scotland, who &s;ate there upon the Presbyterian &s;core; for this would be a meanes to &s;weeten the Engli&s;h Presbyter into a compliance, and taking part with his Maje&s;ty, being thus put in hope not only of obtaining pardon, and to be &s;ecured from the puni&s;h|ment they had de&s;erved for their Rebellion again&s;t CHARLES the Fir&s;t, but al&s;o might catch the Fi&s;h which they had &s;o long angled for, the Bi&s;hops, and Deane, and Chapters Lands. In conclu&s;ion the hone&s;t loyal party carryed it by a plurality of Votes; yet before the&s;e Coun|&s;ells could ripen, and they have time to pitch upon a Generall for con|duct
<PB N="4" REF="4"> of tho&s;e Forraine Forces into the North of Scotland; the Scotch Commi&s;&s;ioners arrived in May, 1648. and accordingly as had been for|merly repre&s;ented to the King, their Propo&s;itions and Deportment was unrea&s;onable and in&s;olent, &s;uitable to the heighth and pride of the Pres|byterian faction; in&s;omuch that that Treaty brake off unluckily with|out &s;atisfaction to either part.</P>
<P>Neverthele&s;&s;e his Maje&s;ty upon mature deliberation, and by advice of his Councell gave the Marque&s;&s;e of MONTROSSE a Commi&s;&s;ion to be his Generall, and to levy and conduct &s;uch Forraine Forces as Chri&s;t|ian Princes would &s;upply him withall for his a&s;&s;i&s;tance; and to land them either in England or Scotland, as might tend mo&s;t to the advan|tage of his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, and as the nece&s;&s;ity and urgency of his pre|&s;ent Affaires &s;hould require. And in like manner to GEORGE MON|RO a Commi&s;&s;ion was granted by his Maje&s;ty to be his Major General, and to levy 4. or 5000. Iri&s;h foot to be forthwith in readine&s;&s;e for the furthering the Marque&s;&s;e of MONTROSSE his De&s;igne.</P>
<P>But &s;uch is the mi&s;chiefe of divided Coun&s;els; no &s;ooner had the Mar|que&s;&s;e of MONTROSSE taken his leave of His Maje&s;ty, but his Ad|ver&s;aries (that favoured the contrary opinion) both Scots and Engli&s;h, who had acted in the rebellion again&s;t his Father, do endeavour by all means po&s;&s;ible to per&s;wade with His Maje&s;ty for recalling the Mar|que&s;&s;e his Commi&s;&s;ion: And mo&s;t cleare it is, this they did partly out of envy at the worth and integrity of the man, partly out of feare his de|&s;ign &s;hould take effect, and &s;o His Maje&s;ty become an ab&s;olute Monarch, and inve&s;ted with ju&s;t power to call them to an account for their for|mer rebellion. Tho&s;e of the Scotch Nation, that thus &s;ought to &s;up|pre&s;&s;e MONTROSSE, were Duke HAMILTON, the Earls of CALEN|DER, and Lauderdale: Of the Engli&s;h, MASSY, GRAVES, Alder|man BUNCH, and others of the &s;ecluded Members. But when they found His Maje&s;ty immoveable, His Royall bre&s;t impenetrable, by all the force of their &s;ubtle per&s;wa&s;ions; then they betake them&s;elves to their old tricks, under hand to &s;upplant this Honourable de&s;igne, by &s;ending &s;ecretly into Scotland &s;ome fit in&s;truments, upon &s;pecious pre|tences, to prevaile with the Loyall party there to lay down Arms, and accept of conditions proffered; by their pollitick alienating the affecti|ons of the Prince of ORENGE, the Marque&s;&s;e of Brandenburg, Count EMDEN, from my Lord of MONTROSSE, and winning them cun|ningly to refu&s;e the affording him a&s;&s;i&s;tance either of men or money:
<PB N="5" REF="4"> In like manner, they privately di&s;patch Agents abroad to the Empe|rour, and divers other Princes of Germany, to the King of Denmark, and the Queen of Sweden, effectually to rancounter his de&s;igne: And when they found their &s;ly in&s;inuations, could operate little on tho&s;e Princes affections, to take them off from MONTROSSE; there Mole|like they wrought under ground, and &s;uborn'd the mo&s;t powerfull In|&s;truments of the Court again&s;t him.</P>
<P>The Queen of Sweden (to Her eternall Honour be it &s;poken) was con&s;tant to Her promi&s;es, and furni&s;h'd him readily out of Her Maga|zines, with Armes and Ammunition; but here Chancellor OXEN|STERNE, no &s;mall friend to, and favourer of the Scots Rebellion, &s;ought by all means po&s;&s;ible to cro&s;&s;e tho&s;e &s;upplies, and hinder him from obtaining either men or money. In Denmark the King was much taken with MONTROSSE, approv'd his de&s;igne, and mo&s;t wil|ling to further it in what he was able; but the Hoff-Ma&s;ter, and &s;undry others of his Councel, had been privately tamper'd withall, and brought off by the&s;e &s;ubtle Incendiaries to &s;tand in oppo&s;ition with the King in whatever he endeavour'd to accommodate the Marque&s;&s;e of MON|TROSSE his de&s;igne: nor was it needfull to &s;olicite the Queens Court at Paris for the furthering their de&s;ires in the cro&s;&s;ing of this enterprize; the Lord GERMAN and his Faction there having long &s;ince expre&s;&s;ed &s;pleen enough and animo&s;ities &s;ufficient to let all the world take noticc, they were declar'd Enemies to MONTRNSSE, and his underta|kings.</P>
<P>Thus craftily behind the curtaine, the Presbyterian party, utter Ene|mies to the Marque&s;&s;e of MONTROSSE, acted abroad in all the Courts of Chri&s;tendome; nor are they a&s;leep or idle at home, as appears by their &s;ecret workings with the Scotch Parliament and Committee of E&s;tates, who now were framing a di&s;mall Declaration again&s;t their King, which did amount to his depo&s;ing, as I &s;aid before; in declaring him unfit for the exerci&s;e of his Regall power, as having yet &s;uck'd in no other principles, &s;ave Praerogative, and Tyranny; bred up under Bi&s;hops and Ceremonies, which the Scotch Aire &s;eems to have a natu|rall Antipathy unto; one that inwardly hated the Covenant, and would never take otherwi&s;e than as a &s;nare to take them therein; one whom they them&s;elves &s;aw &s;o aver&s;e from hearkening to any &s;ound Coun&s;ell and Advice, that he &s;uffred him&s;elf to be &s;educ'd, by evill Councellors, even to an inva&s;ion of their Countrey: I &s;ay, notwith&s;tanding the Scots
<PB N="6" REF="5"> were &s;etting out this pe&s;tilent Declaration again&s;t their King, yet were they &s;o effectually wrought with by &s;ome crafty Agents, upon a&s;&s;urance His Maje&s;ty &s;hould be forc'd to di&s;claime MONTROSSE and his En|terprize, and ca&s;t him&s;elfe wholely upon the Scotch Parliament, that a &s;econd Treaty is de&s;ired from His Maje&s;ty, and GEORGE WINDRAM &s;ent a dangerous Winters journey to Jer&s;ey upon this me&s;&s;age; which by the earne&s;t and dayly &s;olicitation of the Queen his Mother, &s;econded by the &s;ecret per&s;wa&s;ions of a Court Faction that favourd it, was yielded unto; and the place appointed for meeting was Breda; the time de&s;ign'd for that Treaty to begin, March 15. 1649.</P>
<P>To this I might adde, be&s;ides the malice and underhand working of his Adver&s;aries, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">here concur'd to the defeating of MONTROSSE his de&s;igne, the unhappy di&s;a&s;ters which at that conjuncture of time befell the Noble Marque&s;&s;e of ORMOND in Ireland&punc; together with the per|fidiou&s;ne&s;&s;e and treachery of Sir JOHN COCKRAM, who being the Kings Agent abroad, had taken up of the Scots Merchants divers con&s;i|derable &s;ums of money, by the leave and appointment of the King of Poland, for the promoting my Lord of MONTROSSE his de&s;igne, as al&s;o for the &s;ame purpo&s;e great quantities of Corne from the Duke of Courdtland: All which provided and lent for the publique u&s;e, he un|worthily mi&s;imployed and put into his private pocket</P>
<P>Notwith&s;tanding the&s;e many misfortunes, and hindrances, through indefatigable indu&s;try this prudent Marque&s;&s;e of MONTROSSE in or|der to his de&s;igne, levied, and li&s;ted about four&s;core Volunteers, Gentle|men in Holland, all of his owne, whom he &s;peedily accommodated and di&s;patch'd into the I&s;le of Orkney, under the conduct of the then Earle of Kennowl. From Denmark likewi&s;e, not without many rubs, he procured &s;ix&s;core more, who were conducted thither al&s;o, under the Command of WILLIAM HAY, now Earle of Kennowl. From Got|tenbury in Sweden, he li&s;ted between twenty and thirty Officers, old German Souldiers; but becau&s;e then in tho&s;e parts the Sea was frozen, him&s;elfe never tyred out with ince&s;&s;ant pains and dangers (with two or three Gentlemen more in that cold climate travel'd by land to Nor|way, and took &s;hipping there for Orkney, where no &s;ooner was he arriv'd, but (behold the Iliads of Mi&s;chiefes and machinations of his E|nemies!) tho&s;e Gallant &s;ouls he had &s;ent before, were all in a mutiny, and by the &s;ubtle practi&s;es of &s;ome, &s;o divided into Factions as that they were ready to cut one anothers throats.</P>
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<P> During this di&s;order, before things could be compo&s;ed, Mr. MAY is &s;ent from His Maje&s;ty, with the Garter, and a Letter be&s;ides, peremp|torily commanding my Lord forthwith to advance into Scotland.</P>
<P>The Garter was received with all thankfulne&s;&s;e, and honourable re|&s;pect: the Letter with no &s;mall joy, out of more then probable hopes, it might be a means to appea&s;e the Mutineers, and win them to a &s;weet compliance for a &s;peedy and chearfull engagement upon the main Land; To this end the Officers and chiefe Gentlemen were a&s;&s;embled, and His Maje&s;ties Letter read; the purport whereof was, That His Maje|&s;ty being overcome by the importunity of &s;undry friends, had yielded once more to treat with the Commi&s;&s;ioners from the Scots Parliament, at Bredah, March 15. where, by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, His Maje&s;ty was re&s;olved to do nothing prejudiciall to the Marque&s;&s;e or his Followers, by who&s;e faithfull endeavours he had reap'd &s;o great fruit and benefit, as to affright the Scotch Faction to de&s;igne a Treaty, and make more moderate Propo&s;als than formerly. Therefore that the Marque&s;&s;e and his loyall party might not be di&s;heartned with the unexpected newes of a Treaty: He de&s;ired and commanded him vigorou&s;ly to pro&s;ecute the advancement of that &s;ervice he had already undertaken for Scotland.</P>
<P>The Letter ended, my Lord be&s;pake the company to this effect: By what ye have heard, Gentlemen, ye perceive His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t hono|rable Intentions, in this Treaty, his chief care to be, the good and pre|&s;ervation of His loyall Subjects: therefore it will become us in duty to &s;hew ready obedience to His Maje&s;ties Command, and to do our be&s;t endeavours, either to reduce the Rebels of Scotland to a due &s;ub|mi&s;&s;ion to His Maje&s;ties ju&s;t power, or at lea&s;t enforce them to tender more moderate Propo&s;als than ever hitherto came from them. And now that he might be a&s;&s;ured of their unanimous &amp; hearty concurrence in this de&s;igne, he de&s;ired them to empty their bre&s;ts freely, and give him their &s;ober advice touching the &s;ame.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t that &s;pake, an ingenious Gentleman, told my Lord, that Letter had been printed in France a month before, and in Holland he had read it in the Dutch Gazets, which made him feare it was contriv'd and publi&s;hed to His Maje&s;ties di&s;-&s;ervice, and the de&s;truction of his Lord&s;hip and his followers: for (&s;ayes he) it is well enough knowne to tho&s;e in JERSEY, that you are di&s;appoynted of the ayd you expe|cted both from Ireland and forraign Princes; and that your whole number now in Orkney, are not above two hundred &s;trangers:
<PB N="8" REF="6"> My Lord, is it imaginable His Maje&s;ty, or any rationall man, &s;hould command you to invade the I&s;le of Great Brittaine only with 200. men; e&s;pecially at this in&s;tant, when the in&s;ulting Factions of both King|domes are united again&s;t you? May it plea&s;e your Excellence to excu&s;e me, if in obedience to your command, I give you my cen&s;ure freely, touching this Letter &s;ent by Mr. MAY; that it was pen'd by your E|nemies (not ignorant of your undaunted &s;pirit, in attempting difficult things, even &s;uch as without a Miracle, it &s;eems &s;carce po&s;&s;ible to be ef|fected) out of de&s;igne to &s;pur you on to your own de&s;truction; and partly to render His Maje&s;ty odious to all parties, either for a di&s;&s;em|bler with Scots Parliament, or as if he &s;ought your de&s;truction and your Followers by precipitating you to a vi&s;ible and unavoydable danger. I be&s;eech you pardon my freedome, and be a&s;&s;ur'd, whatever my opinion is, I will never for&s;ake you in your mo&s;t de&s;perate undertakings.</P>
<P>My Lords Reply was, both his Charity and Loyalty commanded him to think honourably of His Maje&s;ties intentions, and though he had cau&s;e enough to &s;u&s;pect the Court-Factions, and &s;ome others about the Queen, that were his mo&s;t deadly Enemies; yet he was well per&s;wa|ded, and hoped it was not in their power (though never &s;o maliciou&s;ly bent) to withdraw His Maje&s;ties affections from them, who had &s;o readily adventured lives and fortunes for his &s;ervice; notwith&s;tanding their being unworthily de&s;erted and di&s;appointed of a&s;&s;i&s;tance from tho&s;e whom they reputed to be their be&s;t and fa&s;t friends; neither is it to be immagined, my pre&s;ent expedition into Scotland, &s;hould prove either a de&s;perate or impo&s;&s;ible enterprize, for though, as you rightly, the Rebels of both Nations be united again&s;t us, yet I am well a&s;&s;ured, there are many thou&s;ands, both of Engli&s;h and Scotch, that are ready and will joyne with us, if any vi&s;ible Power appears, as is mo&s;t cleare to me, by &s;ome &s;ecret corre&s;pondence held with the be&s;t of the Nobili|ty and Gentry of Scotland; from whom this very day mo&s;t certaine In|telligence is come, that &s;o &s;oon as ever we have &s;et footing on the Con|tinent, the Highlanders will ri&s;e as one man for our a&s;&s;i&s;tance: And then reflect but upon &s;ome former undertakings, which by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, even beyond humane expectation were &s;ucce&s;&s;efully accom|pli&s;hed; when with 1000. Iri&s;hes only, God &s;o pro&s;pered the upright|ne&s;&s;e of a ju&s;t cau&s;e, as to enable us not only to encounter, but to van|qui&s;h the Rebels (trembling through guilt of con&s;cience) in 6. or 7. &s;e|verall Battells.</P>
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<P> This Speech of the Generalls, &s;poken with &s;uch moderation and confidence, &s;uitable to the Greatne&s;&s;e of his Minde, rou&s;ed up the cou|rage of tho&s;e Gentlemen and Officers that heard it, pre&s;ently to cry out, They would live and dye with him; and farther to give him a&s;&s;u|rance they would engage with him, where and when he plea&s;ed to command them. Whereupon immediately whil&s;t their &s;pirits were yet warme, tho&s;e 200 Volunteers, together with 1000 I&s;landers were &s;hipped, who all arrived &s;afely in Cathnes on the 9. of April, 1650. and in that Country a Commi&s;&s;ion was given to Colonell GRAHAM to rai&s;e a Regiment there; but Provi&s;ions being exceeding &s;carce in tho&s;e parts, my Lord was nece&s;&s;itated to march into Sutherland, and from thence to Ro&s;&s;e, where partly to refre&s;h his men, and partly to gaine intelligence, whether the &s;afe&s;t way were to march up into the Hills, or to proceed forwards along&s;t the Sea coa&s;t; he &s;tayed two or three dayes: But his Scouts, whether out of carele&s;ne&s;&s;e, or fal&s;hood, or &s;urpriz'd by the Enemy, (for tis not clearely re&s;olved on) fail'd to bring him intelligence; in&s;omuch that April 25. his whole party was unhappily &s;urprized by the Enemy, as they were on their march to|wards Innerne&s;&s;e, by Major STRAUGHAN and Lievetenant Collonel HACKET, who with 200. Hor&s;e, and 1500. experienced Foot Soul|diers Routed his whole Body (the I&s;landers throwing downe their Armes at the fir&s;t Charge) as they were upon a Retreat to a Wood, gi|ving no quarter to any man, till Sir John HURRY, with about 20. poor Scotch Nags (which were all the Hor&s;e my Lord had) charg'd &s;o gal|lantly Collonel HACKETS Troope, that they forc'd them to give quarter.</P>
<P>My Lord perceiving by that unhappy skirmi&s;h, his whole de&s;igne to be in danger to be lo&s;t, betooke him&s;elfe to his feet, and only with &s;ix Officers marched about 60 miles back againe, hoping to have met with &s;ome of his new levies; but finding him&s;elfe much tyred with that long march, he refre&s;hed him&s;elfe neare the Laird of ASHEN, and &s;ent Major SINCLERE out to try if he could get any intelligence, with a guide to direct him to my Lord REA his Country: But whe|ther for feare, or bribery, or treachery, I am not able to judge, that Major mo&s;t unworthily betrayed him into the hands of his enemies, who came &s;uddainly with about 30 or 40 men, and tooke him in his Quarters on the 28. of April, 1650. Whence how uncivilly and bar|barou&s;ly he was carryed by Major Generall HOLBURN, and the Con|voy
<PB N="10" REF="7"> that guarded him to Edenborough, I leave for other Pens to paint forth in due time and proper colours; as al&s;o with what af|fronts and contumelious language they proceeded afterwards to try him; and how in&s;ultingly they behaved them&s;elves towards him when he was led to execution; having torne in pieces his Maje&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ion, and as much as in them lay re-murtherd CHARLES the Fir&s;t, and te&s;tified to all the world their de&s;ires and intentions, like|wi&s;e in him to murther CHARLES the Second: That &s;o both Father and Sonne, Root and Branch, and all the re&s;t of the Royal Stems, might be utterly extirpate.</P>
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