262 NOTES TO THE LETTERS. Coningsby, Esq. who, having joined the King at Oxford, was also disabled, and made way for the election of Edward Harley in 1646. P. 166. I thinke we must all acknowledeg God's greate mercy that the plot for the takeing of Hull was discovered.-Journ. H. Com. 27 May, 1642. "A letter from Sir John Hotham, concerning a treasonable attempt upon Hull, was this day read, and a letter from Beckwith, who was the great agent in that matter. " Ordered, That this letter from Sir JohnHotham of the 25 May, and the letter of Beck- with, and the other papers inclosed, shall be forthwith printed. Resolved, upon the question, That Thomas Beckwith, of Beverley, shall be forthwith sent for as a delinquent by the serjeant-at-arms attending this House." For particularsof the design upon Hull, see Rushworth Abridged, vol. iv. p. 351. P. 167. At Loudlow they Beet up a Maypole and a thinge like a head upon it, and so they did at Croft, and gathered a greate many about it, and shot at it in deristion ofRound- heads.-Roundheads, the name imposed on the Parliamentarians. " The origin of this name is not certainly known : some say it was because the Puritans then commonly wore short hair, and the King's party long flowing hair. Some say it was because the Queen, at Strafford's trial, asked, who that round-headed man was (meaning Pym), because he spake so strongly." Baxter's Narrative of his Life and Times, quoted in Trench, on the Study of Words, p. 137. In the Bishops' riot, Westminster, 1641, "Somecavaliers and discarded officers retained in the King's service who were walking near, indignant at the rudeness of the crowd, still more foolishly attacked the Roundheads with drawn swords." Buchanan's Hist. of Scot- land, vol. iv. p. 66. Journ. H. Com. 1 Feb. 1641. " Ordered, That the pamphlet entitled, The Resolution of the Roundheads, be referred to the Committee for Printing. Steph. Buckle, St. Mar- tin's Lane, London, ordered to attend the Committee." P. 169. In my opinion it weare better to borrow money, ifyowr father will give any, then to give his plate.-Journ. H. Com. 10 June, 1642. An order for the bringing in of money, horses, and plate, to be repaid at 8 per cent. with full value of the plate, and consideration for the fashion, not exceeding Is. per oz. Sir Robert responds to this order, and on 19th Sept. 1642 (Journ. H. Corn.) saith, "he hath brought in three hun- dred and fifty pounds in plate, and will bring in one hundred and fifty pounds more, and provide two horses." Other notices, occur in the Journals, of moneys advanced by Sir Robert Harley. How zealously Lady Brilliana concurred with her husband appears from her readiness to send up the plate, and from this letter, in which she says, "This I doo not say, that I am unwilling to part with the plate, or any thing ells in this case : if your father cannot borrow money, I thinke I might finde out some in the cuntry to lend him some."
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