T 416 Mr. N E A L's IId Vol. of the 6 of the Chamber. They had often Difcourfes concerning Government ; but when they hap- 6 pen'd to talk of a Commonwealth , the King feem'd not to endure it. At that time it was, 6 that Harrington finding his Majefty quite another Perfon as to his Parts, Religion, Morals, &c. 6 than what was reprefented by the Faction, who gain'd their Ends by Lyes and Scandals, he be- . came pafiionately affeEed with, and took all Occafions to vindicate him, in what Company 6 foever he happen'd to be ; but then again, it be- ' ing fometimes imprudently done, he did fuffer for it in thofe captious Times, as by this Story 'twill appear. His Majefty being hurried away from Holdenby, to the head Qarters of the Army, and from thence conveyed by flow Paces ' to Hampton-Court, and thence juggled into the Ille of Wight, (where he treated with the Corn- ' miffioners of Parliament for Peace) and from JV wwport there, carried away by Lieutenant-Co- 6 loneI Ralph Gobbet, to Hurjl-Caftle in Hampfhire, on the lait of November 164.8. it happen'd, 6 that Harrington, who was then with his Majefty, 6 as one of the Grooms of the Chamber, did one Morning fall into Difcourfe with the Governour 6 of that Caftle, and fome other Officers of the Parliament-Army, concerning the late Treaty of 4 Newport, wherein he magnified the King's Wif- dom in his Arguments with the Commif eners, . upon the Propofitions for Peace, and Satisfac- tion the Parliament had in his Conceflìons, and probably in a happy Event, if this Force in re= moving him to Hurft- Cape had not intervened, 6 and made an unhappy Fra6ture, (which created Parties;) enlarging alto upon his Majefty's learned Difputes with Mr. Richard Vines, and other Pref- s b'terian Divines, with fuch Moderation, as gain'd Applaufe from all thofe that heard him argue. Which
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