261 to his father the Earle of Chesterfield was that night burnt, none certeinely knowing by what meanes, whether by accident" or on purpose, but there was most ground to believe that the counti·y people, who bad bene sorely infested by that ,garrison, to prevent the keeping it by those who had taken it, purposely sett it on fire. If the qucene's regiment had mounted their horses and stood ready upon them, when om men enter'd, they had undoubtedly cutt them all of; but they standing to the workes, it pleas'd God to lead them into that path he had ordein'd for their destruction, who being papists, wonld not receive quarter, nor were they much offer'd it, being kill'd in the heate of the contest, so that not a man of them. escap'd. The next day our party went to ·wiverton, a house of the lord: Chaworth's, and fhat, terrified with the example of the other, yielded upon termes, and was by order pull'd downe and renC!er'd uncapable of being any more a garrison. Poyntz now quarter'd all his horse in the townes about Newark, and in regard he had no peculiar regiment of his owne,. the governor's regiment serv'd him for his guards . The Scotts alsoe came and quarter'd on the other side of the towne towards the north. All that winter the governor lay at the Leaguer, and about Christmasse time writts were sent downe for new elections to fill up the parliament. There being a burgesseship voyd at Nettinghim, the towne would needs, in a compliment,. make the governor free, in order to an election of. him for the parliament. Mr. l"rancis Pierrepont hearing this, writt to. the governor to desire that he would rather come into hls .father's place in the county, and.' give him his ass istance in this, as he s!Joulcl engage his owne and all his friends' interest for him in the county. 'l'he goYernor, . who was ever readie to requite iniuries with benelitts, employ'cl his interest- in ·the towne to satisfie the gen tleman's desire, and having very many that had yoyet.:s in his regiment, he sent for them all home the night before
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