A FECE Edward Earle of CLARENDON Lord High CHANCELLOR of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. An. D. 1667. THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION and CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND, Begun in the Year 1641. With the precedent Paffages, and Actions, that contri- Written by the Right Honourable EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON, Κλήμα ἐς ἀεί. Thucyd. Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid Veri non audeat. Cicero. VOLUME III. PART 2: OXFORD, Printed at the THEATER, An, Dom, MDCCXVII. s.e. F. THE History of the Rebellion, &c. BOOK XIII. Exod. IX. 16, 17. And in very deed for this caufe have I raised thee up, for to fhew in thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the Earth. As yet exalteft thou thy felf against my People? ་་€ HE Marquis of Argyle, who did not Argyle believe that the King would ever have fends new ventur'd into Scotland upon the condi- Propofitions which miẞed tions he had fent, was surprised with the King. the account the Commiffioners had given him, "That his Majefty refolv'd to Embark the next day; that he would "leave all his Chaplains, and his other "Servants behind him, and only deferr'd to take the Covenant himself till he came thither, with a refolution to fatisfy the Kirk if they prefs'd it. Thereupon he immediately dispatch'd away another Veffel with new Propofitions, which the Commiffioners were to infift upon, and not to confent to the King's coming into that Kingdom, without he likewise confented to those. But that Veffel met not with the King's Fleet, which, that it might avoid that of the Parliament, which attended to intercept the King, had held its courfe more Northward, where there are good Harbours; and fo had put into a Harbour near Sterlin, that is, within a days Journey of it, but where there was no Town nearer than that for his Majefty's reception, or where there was any accommodation even for very ordinary Paffengers. FROM thence notice was fent to the Council of the King's The King arrival: the firft welcome he receiv'd, was a new demand arrives in "That he would fign the Covenant himself, before he fet his Scotland. Vol. III. Part 2. B b "foot The King takes the "foot on fhore; which all about him prefs'd him to do: and he now found, that he had made hafte thither upon very unCovenant. skilful imaginations, and prefumptions: yet he confented unto what they fo imperiously required, that he might have leave to put himself into the hands of those who refolv'd nothing less than to ferve him. The Lords of the other Party, who had prevailed with him to fubmit to all that had been required of him, quickly found that they had deceiv'd both Him and Themselves, and that no body had any authority but those Men who were their mortal Enemies. So that they would not expofe themselves to be imprifon'd, or to be removed from the King; but, with his Majefty's leave, and having given him the best advice they could, what he should do for himself, and what he fhould do for Them, they put themselves on Shore before the King difembark'd; and found means to go to thofe places where they might be fome time concealed, and which were like to be at diftance enough from Hamilton the King. And fhortly after Duke Hamilton retired to the and Lau- land of Arran, which belonged to himfelf; where he had a little House well enough accommodated, the land being for the most part inhabited with wild Beasts: Lautherdale concealed himself amongst his Friends; taking care both to be well inform'd of all that fhould pafs about the King, and to receive their advice upon any occafions. therdale depart from the King. Argyle re ceives the King. Most of the vants re mov'd from him. THE King was receiv'd by the Marquis of Argyle with all the outward refpect imaginable; but, within two days after his landing, all the English Servants he had of any Quality, were remov'd from his Perfon, the Duke of Buckingham only excepted. The reft, for the most part, were receiv'd into glish Ser the Houses, of fome Perfons of Honour, who liv'd at a distance from the Court, and were themselves under a cloud for their known Affections, and durft only attend the King to kifs his hand, and then retired to their Houses, that they might give no occafion of jealoufy; others of his Servants were not fuffer'd to remain in the Kingdom, but were forced presently to reimbark themselves for Holland; amongst which was Daniel O Neile, who hath been often mention'd before, and who came from the Marquis of Ormond into Holland, juft when his Majefty was ready to Embark, and fo waited upon Daniel o him; and was no fooner known to be with his Majefty (as he was a Perfon very generally known) but he was apprehendprehended by ed by order from the Council, for being an Irish man, and order of the having been in Arms on the late King's behalf in the late Scotland; War; for which they were not without fome difcourfe of putand banish- ting him to death; but they did immediately banifh him the Kingdom, and obliged him to fign a paper, by which he confented to be put to death, if he were ever after found in the Kingdom. 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