~91 at the same time his brother the Earle of Holland, who had floated up and downe with the tide of the times, rose alsoe against the parliament, and appear'd in armes, with the young Dnke of Buckingham and Lord Francis Villars his brother, and others, making about five hundred horse, at Kingston upon Thames. Here some of the parliament troopes, assailing them before they had time to grow, they were totally routed and disperst. The Lord Francis ViJJars was slaine; the Earle of Holland, flying with those he could rally, was fought with at S. Neots, Dalbier and others of his associates slaine, and himselfe taken prisoner and carried to Warwick Castle. Buckingham fled, and at last gott beyond seas, with a blott of base ingratitude and treachery, which began then to appeare, and hath since markt out all his life. For these two lords being pupills, and ·under the king's tuition, were carried with him to Oxford, where they remained till the rendition of the place, and then comming to London, in regard they were under age, had all their father and mother's greatc estates, freely, without any sequesti·ation or composition, and while they enioy'd them, their secret intentions of rising being discover'd to the parliament, the parliament would not secure them, as some advis'd, but only sent a c ivill warning to the duke, minding him how unhandsome it would be, if the information should prove true; whereupon the duke protested he had no such intention, but utterly detested it, making all the expressions of iust gratitude to them that could be, and yet, within very few days after, openly shew'd himselfe in armes, to tell the world how perfidious an hipocrite he was; for which the parliament exempted him from pardon, and ever after detested hi~ name, as one that rose only to fall into contempt and obloquie. And now was Cromwell advanc'cl into Lancashire, where Lambert retreating from the invading Scotts, ioyn'd with him and made up an armie of about ten thousand; which were but few to encounter five and twenty thousand, led by Hamilton, Langdale, and
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