'240 at the governor and the gentlemen that ioyn'd with him, viz. Coli. Thornhagh, Mr. Pigott, Lieftenant-collonell Hutchinson, Maior Widmerpoole, Capt. Lomax, and Alderman James: for as to the maior of the towne, notwithstanding his faire professions publickly}o the governor, 'White had the same night againc turn' cl about that ~veathercocke. The next day the governor and the committee with him sent a command to all the horse in towne to march to the assistance of Derby and Leicester, to fortifie a house call'd Cole-orton, which not being taken notice of, the governor and Coll. 'l'hornhagh summon' cl all the horse officers, and declar'cl to them the orders of the committee of both kingdoms, to which they chcarefully promis'd obedience; but White being sent f(n· among them, insol ently refus'd to com.e up to the castle, and bade the governor come downe to him, to the committee's chamber; yet upon second thoughts he came up, and the governor tooke tJO notice for that time. Munday the governor sent to the maior to call a hall, but the maior entreated him to forbeare till they saw whither the committee-men that ran away would come back, and that he might goe with Capt. White to perswade them; both which the governor assented to; but the men would not returne, but went from Derby to London. Then the governor call'd a general! muster, and read to them the instructions he had brought from the committee of both kingdoms, with which all men. were exceeding well pleas'd. But Captainc 'White all this while would not deliver the letters he had to the committee and the maior of Nottingham. Some few clays after word was brough t the governor that the new dragooncs were come for ammunition, lO march out upon some designe he was not acquainted with, whereupon he sent to the guards at the bridges not to suffer them to passe without his tickett. Immediately after White came allong with them, and being denied to passe, gave the guards such provocative language that they were
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