~17 instructions from the committee of both kingdomes, to lreare and, if he could, compose the differences at Nottingham; if not, to report them to the committee of both kingdoms. Mr. Millington; coming downe with these, brought Plumtre as farre as Leicester with him, and begg'd of the governor to permit him to returne to his house, engaging himselfe that he should ·not meddle with aniething belonging to the garrison, nor come neere the castle nor any of the forts: which engagement the governor receiv'd, and suffer'd the man to come home; and Millington, least the governor should suspect his greate concerne in Dr. Plumtre, made strong professions to him, that he desir'd his re-admission into the towne for nothing but to be a snare to him: for he knew the turbulency and pride of his spiritt such, that he would never be quiet; but it: after this indulgence, he should, as ·he believed he would, returne to his former courses, he would be inexcusable in the eies of all men. Then Mr. Millington desir'd the governor to draw up some heads, wherein he conceiv'd his power to consist, which he did, reducing allmost the words of his commission into eight propositions, which when he shew'd first to :Mr. J\IIillington, before the committee saw them, Mr. Millington seem' d very well to approoYc of them, and protested againe to the governor, the faithfullnesse of his heart to him, excusing h is intimacy with his enemies, upon a zeale he had to doe him service, by discovering their designes against him, and call'd himselfe therein, Sr. Pcllitick Wouldbe : but the governor disliking this double dealing, though it had bene with his enemies, desir'd him rather to declare himselfe ingenuously as his conscience led him, though it should be against him, and told him fi·eely he liked not this faire carriage to both. When the governor put in his propositions to the committee, they desir'd each of them might have a copy of them, and all a weeke's time to consider them; at the end of which, when the governor prest their answer, whether they assented to them, or could obiect aniethiog against them? they, with
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