353 Assoone as the boy saw him quite gone, his mistresse being then in bed, he went to the chaplaine and acquainted him; but the chaplaine cnrs'd him for breaking his sleepe: then he went to the waiting gentlewoman, but she say'd she thought it would be unfitt to distnrbe her mistresse: so the boy rested till next day, when Ivie, having fail'd of his men, was come back againe. Then the boy, finding an oppertunity after dinner, told his mistresse, that though he had bene bred a cavalier, he abhorr'd to belrey or be unfaithfull to those he serv'd; and that he had reason to suspect there was some vile conspiracy in hand, wherein I vie was engag'd against them, and told his grounds. When Mrs. Hutchinson had heard that, she bade him keepe it private, and call'd immediately a servant that had bene a cornett of the parliament's party, and bade him goe to the c~unty troope's captaine, and desire him to send her a guard fat' her husband's honse, for she had intelligence that the cavaliers intended some attempt against it. Mrs. Hutchinson, asham'd to complayne of her owne famely, thought of this way of security, till she could discharge herselfe of the traytor, not knowing at that time how many more were about her. Then calling her gentlewoman, whom she thought she might trust, upon her solemne protest~tions of fidellity, she tooke her to assist her in hiding her plate and iewells, and what she had of value, and scrupled not to let her see the sec1·ett places in her house, while the false and base dissembler went smiling up and downe at her mistresses simplicity. Meane time the man that was sent for souldiers, came back, bringing newes that the cavaliers had risen and were beaten, and the county troope was in persuite of them. Then alsoe the coachman, who finding himselfe not well, had borrow'd a horse to go~J to Nottingham to be let blood, came home, bringing with him a cravatt and other spoyles of the enemie, which he had gotten. For when he came to the towne, hearing the cavaliers were· up, he gott a case of pistolls, and thought more of shedding than loosing blood, and
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