330 thought he was out of towne, and had much iniur'd themselvt:s thereby, to whom it would have bene one of their greatest honors to have had his assistance in the befitting habitt, as now it was their shame to have neglected him. But Cromwell, who had orcler·d all things, was peek'd horribly att it, though he -dissembled his resentment at that time, and ioyn'd in excusing the neglect; but he vm'y well understood that the collonell neither out of igr.orance nor niggardize came in that habitt, but publickely to reproach their neglects. After the death of Ireton, Lambert was voted deputy of Ireland, and commander in chiefe there, who being at that time in the north, was exceedingly elevated with the bonor, and courted all Fairfax his old commanders, and other gentlemen, who, upon his promises of preferrement, qnitted their places, and many of them came to London and made him up there a very proud traine, which still exalted him, so that too soone he put on the prince, immediately laying out five thousand pounds for his owne particular equipage, and looking upon all the ·parliament men, who had conferr'd this honor on him, as underlings, and scarce worth the greate man's noel . This untimely declaration of his pride gave greate offence to the parliament, who having only given him a commission for six months for his deputyship, made a vote that, after the ex piration of that time, the presidency of the civill and rnillitary power of that nation shonld no more be in his nor in any one man's hands againe. This vote was upon Cromwell's procurement, who hereby design'd to make way for his new sonne-in-law, Coil . Fleetewood, who had married the widdow of the late deputy Ireton. There went a story that as my lady Ireton was walking in St. James's-park, the lady Lambert, as proud as her husband, came by where she was, and as the present princesse allwayes bat h precedency of the relict of the dead prince, so she putt my lady Ireton below ; who, notwithstanding her lJiety and humility, was a little griev'd .att the affront. Col!. :F'leete-
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