153 but entertain'd him with the same freedom and kindnesse he had done before; but the man, being gui lty' of the avarice and ambition of his owne heart, never after that lookt upon the governor with a clearc eie, but sought to blow up all factions against him, whenever he found oppertunity, and in the meanc time dissembled it as well as he could. And now before his troope was well rays'd, Coil. Thornhagh being recover'd, brought back his troope from Lincolne, and both the troopes quarter'd in the towne, which being a baite to invite the enemie, the gm·ernor gave charge to all that belong'd to the castle, being about three hundred men, that they should not upon any pretence whatel'er be out of their quarters; but they having, many of them, wi1•es and better accommodations in the towne, by stealth disobey'd his commands, and seldom left any more in the castle then what were upon the guard. The townsmen were every night sett upon the guard of the towne, according to the wards <)f the aldermen, but the most of them being disaffected, the governor, fearing treachery, had determi n'd to qua rler the horse in those lanes which were next to the castle, and to block up the lanes for the better securing them. Just the night before these lanes should have bene blockt up, Alderman Toplady, a greate mallignant, having the watch, the enernie was, by treachery, lett into the towne, and no alarum given to the castle; though there were two musketts at the gate where they enter'd both ·of them were surrendcr'd, without one shott to give notice, and all the horse, and about two parts of the cast le souldiers, betrey'd, ~urpr i z'd, and seiz'd on in their beds, but there were not above fourscore of the castle foote taken ; the rest hid themse! ves, and privately stole away, some into the country, some by night came up to the castle and gott in, in disguizes, by the river side; hut the cavalliers were possest of the towne, and no notice at all J Guilty; Latin, sibi conscius, conscious of.
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