the day of election; which had like to 11ave bene a very sad one, but that by the mercy of God, and the courage of Poyntz and the lieftenant-collonell and Capt. Poulton, it had not so bad event.' 'l'he Newarkers, hearing that so many of the regiment were away," fell into their quarters, and most of the men being surpriz'd, were rather eP.deavouring flight then resistance, when the lieftenant-collonell and Capt. Poulton rallied all they could find, lin 'd some pales with musketeers, and beatc the enemie againe out of the quarters, and Poyntz mounting with as many horse as were about him, which was very few, follow'd them in the night up to the very workes of Newark. Some losse there was in the quarters, but nothing considerable; some souldiers ran away home, and brought the governor word they were ·all cut off; but his brother sent a messenger to acquaint him the contrary. Hereupon, immediately after the election, he return'd back again with his men. Not long after, tlie elections were made for thecounty, who all pitcht upon tLe governor, in his father's roome. ·white, whose envie never died, used all the endeavours he could to have hinder'd it, but when be saw he could doe no harme, with a sad heart, under a false face, he came and tooke his part of a noble dinner the new knights had pro~ided for the gentlemen of the country. ·without any competition Mr. Hutchinson had the first voyce, in the roome of his father, and Mr. Pigott the second, in the roome of l'l·fr. Sutton, now a commissioner at s A fair and. honest acknowledgment of a considerable oversight! But this pnssagP. leads us to observe of what sort of people the parliament armies were compos'd, viz. the horse mostly of frecbo\ders, the tOot of burghers. It will not probably be thollght besi~e the purpose to quote here VVhitelock's description of Cromwell's own regimen t. " He had a IJrave regi ment of his countrymen, most of them freeholders and free- " holders' sons, and who upon matter of conscience engaged in this quanel; and tlu:s u being well armed within by the satisfaction of their own consciences, and without u by good iron arms, they would, as one man, stand firmly and charge desperately." These circumstnnccs must be allowed their due weight, when we come to consider the right of the army to interfere in matters of state.
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