338 l!nd all other qnallities befitting their father's house. He was himsclfe their instruc tor in humillity, sobrictie, and all godlinesse and vertuc, which he rather strove to make them exercise with love and delight then by constraint. As other things were his delight, this only he made his busincsse, to atlend the education of his children, nnd the go,·crnmcnt of his ownc house and towne.. This he perform'd so well that never was any man more fear'd and loved t hen he by all his domesticks, tenants, and hired workmen. He was loved with such a fcare and reverence as restrein'd all rude familliari ty and insolent presumptions in those who were under him, and he was fear'd with so much love that they all delighted to doe his pl easure. As he mainta in'd his authority in all relati ons, so he endeavonr'd to make their subi ec tion pl easant to them, and rather to convince them by reason then compell them to obedience, and would decline e ,·en to the lowest of his famely to make them enioy their lives in sober cheereful lnessc, and not find their duties bu}thensomc. As for the publick businesse of the coun try, he could not act in any office unde r the protec tor's power, and therefore confin'd himselfe to his owne, which the whole country about him \Vere griev'd a t, and would rather come to him fo r counceH as a private neighbour then to any of the men in power for greater helpe. He now being reduc'd into an absolute private condition, was very much courted and visited by all of all parties, and while the grand quarrel! slept, and bo th the victors and vanqui sh' cl were equal! slaves under the new usurpers, there was a very kind corres pondence betwee rie him and all hi s countriemen. As he was very hospitable, and hi s conversation no !esse desirabl e and pleasant , then instructive and advantageous, hi s house was much resorted to, aud as kindly open to those who had in publick contes ts bene hi s enemies, as to hi s continued fri ends; for there . never lived a man tha t had !esse mallice and rc,·enge, nor more reconcilcablencsse and kinclnesse a nd gene rosity in hi s na tmc, then he. In the interim Cromwcll and his armie g rew wanton with their
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