3<il5 tending she was of the parliament's pmty, and that Sr. Alien in mallice thereunto, had without necessity pnll'd downe her house. All which were horrible lies, but so malliciously and so wickedly affinn'd and swo~·ne by her mercenary witnesses, that they at first found faith, and it was hard for truth afterwards to overcome that prepossession. The collonell prosecuting the defence of truth and iustice, in these anrl many more things, and abhorring all councells of securing the young commonwealth, by cruelty and oppression of the vanquisht, who had not laid downe their hate, in delivering up their annes, and were therefore, by some cowards, iudg'd unworthy of the mercy extended to them, the collonell, I say, disdaining such thoughts, displeas'd many of his owne party, who, in the maine, we hope, might have bene honest, although through divers temptations, guilty of horrible slips, which did more offend the collonell's pure zeale, who · detested these sins more in brethren then in enemies. Now was Cromwell sole generall, and marcht into Scotland, and the Scots ready to invade, and the presbyters to .- assist them here. The army being small, there was a necessity of recruites, and the councell of state solliciting all the parliament men that had interest, to improve it in this exigence of time, they gave Col!. Hutchinson a commission for a regiment of horse. He immediately gott up three troopes, well armed and mounted, of his owne old souldiers, that thirsted to be againe employ'd under him, and was preparing the rest of the regiment to carry after them himselfe, when he was in- - form'cl, that assoone as his troopes came into Scotland, Cromwell very readily receiv'd t hem, but would not let them march together, but disperst them, to fill up the regiments of those who were more his creatures. The collonell hearing this, would not carry him any more, but rather employ'd himselfe in securing, as much as was necessary, his owne country, for which he was sent downe by -the
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