neither be frighted nor flatter'd to give away his estate, which .when Mr. Howard found, 'he let fall his purpose, and made no more vaine endeavours.' And now to returne to his story where I left it, I shall not mention every particular action Of his in the employment of a senator and councellor of the realms, but only some which were more remarkable, to ' shew the honor and excellency of his nature, among which this was one. When his old oppo~ites and enemies of the Nottingham committee had enter'd into the presbiterian conspiracy, so deepe, that their lives were forfeit to the law, had they bene brought to publick triall, and this was discover'd to him; and alsoe that Coil. Pierrepont was the chiefe of them, he tooke care to have the businesse so manag'd, that Coli. Pierrepont was past by in the information, and others so favourably accus'd, that they were only restrein'd fro,m the mischiefe they intended, and kept prisoners till the danger was over, and after, through his niediatiQn releas'd, without any further punishment on their persons and estates, though Chadwick's eldest sonne was one of these. For Coil. Pierre~ont, he only privately admonisht him, and endeavour'd to 1·eclaime him, which the man, being good natur'd, was infinitely overcqme with, insomuch that ever after, to his dying day, all his envy ceast, and he profest all imaginable friendship .and kindnesse to the collonell. Indeede his excellent gentlenesse was such, that he not only protected and sav'd these enemies, wherein there was some glory of passing by revenge, but was compassionately affected with the ~ How, when, or by whom this estate at Loseby was sold again, the editor has not been able to discover, it nev-er having come into the hands of his branch of the family, which purchased Owthorpe. One of the estates sold by Col. 1-Iutchinson_in hi~ life.. . time, was that of Ratcliffe on Soar, which is spoken of in a note as given to Sir Thomas Hutchinson by his uncle Sacheverell; the purchaser was Alderman Ireton,' and it was, in all probability, sold to ellable him jointly with the money borrowed of Mr. Ash to purchase this estate.
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