Clap. X. The HISTORY Of the PURITANS* 759 in his place in the houle, thought fit to withdraw out of the kingdom. K. Charles t: Mr. Eachard with great probability, lays it upon thequeen and her ca- bal of papifts ; and adds, that when the king expreffed his diftruft of the affair, her majefty broke out into a violent paßion, and laid, allez pol- tron, &c. Go coward and pull thefe rogues out by the ears, or neverfee myface any more ; which it feems (lays the archdeacon) determined the whole matter. The citizens of London were fo far from delivering up the five mem- City of Lon- bers, that they petitioned the king that they might be at liberty, and pro- d n1for o ceeded against according to the methods of parliament. At the fame° time they acquainted his majefty with their apprehenfions of the ruin of trade, and of the dangerof the proteftánt religion, by reason of the,pro- grefs of the rebellion in Ireland, and the number of papists and other disbanded officers about the court. His majefty finding he had loft the Rapin; city, fortified Whitehall with men and ammunition, and fent canoneers P. 3,7 into the Tower to defend it, if there should be occafion. When the citi- zens complained of this, his majefty replied " that it was done with " an eye to their fafety and advantage ; that his fortifying Whitehall was "not before it was neceffary, and that if any citizens had been wound- " ed it was undoubtedly for their evil and corrupt demeanor" But they had no confidence in the king's protection. A thoufand mariners and failors offered to guard the five members to We/lminfler by water upon the day of their adjournment [yan. t t.] and the train-bands offered the committee at Guildhall to do the fame by land, which was accepted ; and the offer of the apprentices refufed. Things being come to this extremi- ty, his majefly to avoid the hazard of an affront from the populace, took a fatal refolution to leave Whitehall, and accordingly Tan. to. the King leaver day before the parliament was to meet, he removed with his queen Whitehal).. and the whole royal family to Hampton- Court, and two days after to Windfir, from whence he travelled by eafy Rages to York; never returning to London till he he was brought thither as a criminal to exe- cution. By the king's deserting his capitol in this manner, and not returning Remarks. when the ferment was over, he left the ftrength and riches of the king- dom in the hands of his parliament; for next day the five members were conduéted by water in triumph to We/iminßer, the train-bands of the city marching at the fame time by land, who after they had received the thanks of the houle were difmiffed ; and ferjeant Skippon witha company of the city militia, was appointed to guard the parliament house; from this day (lays lord Clarendon) we may reafonably date the levying war in vol H. England, whatfoever has beensince done being but thefitperflrublures upon p. 383, thef
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