The HISTORY oj the PuRI'rANs. VoL. II. Ko Charles I. fa id, he {hould fufpeCl: they deligned to abufe him if they had demanded ~ lefs; and that a cmwn fo ne:1.r lo{l: was never recovered on ealier terms. But Mr. Ajbburnbam, who came with infi:rnCl:ions from France, fell in with the king's humour, and encouraged him to fi:and his ground, rely. ing upon an ill judged maxim which his majefty had imbibed, and which Ru!11w. po his beft friends could not make him depart from (viz.) that it was in his 8o7, 8; 0 • power to turn the .Ji:a!e, and that the party mzifrfinkwbicb he abandoned. This fealed his ruin, and made him play betwe,.n both, till neither would trufl: him. When the parliammt brought their propofitions he put them in mind of the offers of tbe army ; and when the propofals of the latter were tendered in the moll: refpeClful manner, he put on a frown and faid, Hift. Stuarts," I fhall fee you glad, e'er long, to accept more equal terms; you cannot be P· 33°· " without me; you will fall to ruin if I do not fuftain you; no man " fhall fuffer for my fake; the church mull: be e(lablifhed according to " law~" The officers were .confounded at this language. " Sir (fays Which proves " Sir J. Berkley) you fpeak as if you had fome fecret fi:rength, which bis rui11. " fince you have concealed from me, I wifh you had concealed from " thefe men." After divers conferences of this kind to no purpofe; Cromwell told bim plainly, Sir we perceive you bave a difign to be arbi– trator between the parliament and us; but ~ve no~v difign to be the {tune betwem p. ~71, your majejly and the parliammt. This fluCtuating temper (fays bi(hop Kenntt) was the king's ruin, which he repented of when it was too late, Mr. Whitlock fays, the king's bifhops perfuaded him againfi: what he was enclined · to in his own judgment, and thereby ruined him and them– felves. Reafons of When the officers found they could make no imprefiion on the king, thearmy's and had difcovered his fecret correfpondence with the queen, tbey withdejertzng the d f 1 o h or d fi r • o • ho • n. , o d f r l:'n rew ram court, Wl1JC ralie utplctons 111 IS maJcny s mm o a 1ecret 1 :g. defign upon his life, and put him on attempting to e(cape out of their hands. it is very certain that Cromwe/1 withdrew hisparole qfhonour for the king's fafety, and fent him word a few days before he left Hampton– court, that he would not be anfwerable any longer for what might befal him, which was owing to a difcovery he had made of the king's infinceDeteCto p. rity in treating with him. Mr. Coke fays, tbt>re was a report at that time, 32 3· and he is confident that in time it will appear, that in the army's treaty \Nith the king, Cromwel! had made a private article of advantage for him– felf, but his majefi:y not all owing hi,mfelf to conclude any thing without Compl. hilL the qlleen, writ her word, " that if he con(ented to thofe propojals it p. 27o. " would be eafier to take off Cromwell afterwards, than now he was at the " head of the army." Which letter Crom~vell intercepted. Bii1wp Ken– net fays, '' that it was reported, that Crom-well was to have ten thoufand " pouuds and a garter; a'nd that the bargain had certainly taken efftCl, if " the
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