LUCY HUTCHINSON, some parochial dispute ; but the soldiers, taking them for a strong force, turned pale with fear, and became crest-fallen and humble. The Colonel, ever mild and humane, satisfied himself with rebuking his assailants, giving them refreshment, and dis- missing them. The return of the "King beyond the sea" being ardently desired by the majority of the nation, and confidently foretold in many quarters, Colonel Hutchinson was pressingly counselled to withdraw from the miserable factions by which he was sur- rounded. The friends of the exiled monarch offered him certain pardon and preferment if he would quit his party, "whose danger was now laid before him; " but their representations had no effect on the pure- hearted man, who, disdaining subterfuge. and in- sincerity, resolved to do his duty to the last. The 29th of May, 1660, arrived, and all was mad joy over England, but Lucy Hutchinson remembered that her husband's name was among the signatures to the death-warrant of the late King, and, trembling for his safety, insisted on his removing to a quiet lodging in town to wait the current of events. Seven of the King's judges were fixed on to expiate the act of regicide ; and the rest were warned that if they did not yield themselves prisoners within four- teen days they should receive no pardon. Colonel Hutchinson's name not being included among the fatal seven, he was very anxious to surrender him- self, as appearing in person was the only means of 42
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