318 the rising of the house, meeting the collonell, he embrac'd him, and dcsir'd him not to think he did it in any personal! opposition to him, but in his iudgment, who thought it fitt the spoyle should be taken out of !he enemies hands, and no composition admitted from idolaters. Whatever mig!:t be particular advantage to him, he envied not, but reioic'd in, only he so dearly lov'd him, that he desir'd he would not sett his heart upon the augmenting of outward estate, but upon the things of the approaching kingdome of God, concerning which he made a most pious and seeming fi·iendly harangue, of at least an hower long, with all the demonstrations of zeale to God and love to the collonell that can be imagined. But the collonell, having reason to feare that he knew not his owne spiritt herein, made him only a short reply, that he thanked him for his councell, and should endeavour to follow it, as became the duty of a Christian, and should be glad to be as effectually instructed by his example as his admonition. For att that time the maior-generall, who was but a meane man's sonne, and of a meane education, and no estate before the warre, had gather'd an estate of two thousand a yeare, besides engrossing greate offices, and encroaching upon his under officers, and maintain'd his coach and famely, at a heighth as if they had bene borne to principallity. About the same time a greate ambassador w~s to have publick audience in the house, he came from the king of Spaine, and was the first who had addrest to them owning them as a republick. The day before his a~dience, Coil. Hutchinson was sett in the house, neere some young men handsomely clad, among whom was :Mr. Charles Rich, since Earle of Warwick; and the collonell himselfe had on that day a habitt which was pretty rich but grave, and no other then he usually wore. Harrison addressing particularly to him, admonisht them all, that now the nations sent to them, they should labour to shine before them in wisedome, piety, righteousnsese and iustice, and not in gold and silver and worldly bravery,
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