."to ·embarque in such a troubled sea, where he had made ship- " wrack of all things but a good conscience; and as to .that parti- " cular action of the king, he desir'd them to believe he had that " sence of it, that befitted an Englishman, a christian, and a gentle- " man."' What he express'd was to this effect, but so very handsomely delivered, that it generally tooke the whole house: only one gentleman stood up and say'd, he had express'd himselfe as one that was much more sorrie for the events and consequences, then the actions: but another replied, that when a man's words might admitt of two interpretations, it befitted gentlemen allwayes to recei1·e that which might be most favourable. Assoone as the collonell had spoken, he retir'd into a roome, where Inglesbie was, with his eies yett red, who had call'd up a little spite to succeed his whinings, and embracing Coli. Hutchinson, " 0 collonell," say'd he, " did I "ever imagine we ·could be brought to this? Could I have sus- " pected it, when I brought them Lambert in the other day, this " sword should have redeem'd us from being dealt with as criminalls, " by that people, for whom we had so gloriously exposed ourselves." The collonell told him, he had foreseene, ever since those usurpers thrust out the lawful authority of the land, fo enthrone themselves, it could end in nothing else; but the integrity of },is heart, in all he had done, made him as chearefnlly ready to suffer as to triumph in a good cause. The result of the house that day was to suspend Coli. Hutchinson and the rest from sitting in the house. Monke, after all his greate professions, now sate still, and had not one word to interpose for any person, but was as forward to sett vengeance on foot as any man . e This speech will probably be. considered as a gpecimen of art carried as far as a, man of honour would permit himself to go, and managed with as much refinement and dexterity as the longest premeditation could have produced; ~ccordingly it furnished his friends with a topic for his defence, without giving his adversaries grounds fer reproac4ing him with tergiversation .
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