H ory ofthe Puritans, exarin'd '35 5 cared Bagels of Powder, two or three thoufand Arms, &c. for the King's Service ; all which were ffely convey'd to his Majefly at York, about the be- ginning of June. * There was a frnall Ship (fans Lord Claren- don) of twenty-eight or thirty Guns, that was part of the Fleet, that wafted her Majefty, over to .Holland, from Dover, which was called the Providence, under the Command of. Captain ' Straughan. That Ship , whole Captain was known to be faithful to his Majf fly, was de- ' tained and kept in Holland, from the time of her Majefty's Arrival, under feveral Pretences, of which the Captain made nie of, when he af- ,' terwards received Orders from the Earl of War ' wick, to repair to the Fleet, &c.' Neal, p. 566. The Parliament had been adver- tifed of the Qeeen's Proceedings, and acquainted the King with their Advices, which at fir/i he was pleafed to dfown : for in his Declaration of March 9, he tells the Parliament, " Whatfoever you are- a-dver- " tifed from Paris, &c. of foreign Aids, we are " confident no fiber honefl Man in our Kingdom cat believe, that we are fo defperate, orfa fenfelefs, as " to entertain filch Defigns, as would not only bury " this our Kingdom in certain Defrucïion and Ruin, " but our Name and Pofterity in perpetual Scorn and " Infamy." Lord Clarendon obferves, t That moft Men wondered, that there appeared no. Provifons to be made towards a War, which they faw would be inevitable ; and when the Levies of Soldiers under the Earl of E,flex were haftened with fo much Vigour, that the King fhould have no other Preparations towards an Army, than a fingle Troop of Guards, made up of Gentlemen * Hiaory of the.Rebellion, Vol. I. p. 52J. j- Vol, I, p, J20 A a 2 Volun- i
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