410 The HIST 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. Common- mention qf the king. He then rofe from his knees, and having taken leave w~al~h. of the minifiers, and others who attended him, he laid his head upon the ~block, which the executioner took off at one blow, before he had at-– tained the age of forty years. Mr. Love was a zealous prefbyterian, a po– pular preacher, and highly eil:eemed by his brethren. His funeral fermon was preached by Dr. Manton, and publilhed under the title of the faints triumph over death; but his memory has fuffered very much by lord ClaVol. III. p. rendon's charaCter, who reprefents him as guilty of as much " treafon a434· " gainft the late king as the pulpit could contain ; and delighting himfelf " with the recital of it to the !aft, as dying with falfe courage, or (as he " calls it) in a raving fit of fatisfac:tion, for having purfued the ends of " the fanc:tified obligation the covenant, without praying for the king, any: " further than he propagated the covenant." Pragrefs af To return to more public aftairs; after the battle of Dunbar general theen~lifh Cr01mvel!, through the inclemency of the weather, and his great fatigues,_ army zn Scotr. . d . h h" h h h" 11 h {i . b !a!ld. was 1e1ze w1t an ague w 1c ung upon un a t e pnng, ut as the fummer advanced he recovered, and 111 the month of July marched his army towards the king's at Sterlin; but not thinking it advifable to attempt his camp, he tranfported part of his forces over the Frith into Fife, who upon their landing defeated theJcots, killing two thoufand, and taking twelve hundred prifoners. After that, without waiting any longer on the king, he reduced Joh'?)lou;n, and almoft all the garrifons in the north. Vu king. While the general was employed in thefe parts, the Jcots committee 'tr~he~znta that directed the marches of their army, fearing the ftorm would quickly w~t~J ~he fall upon themfelves, refolved to march their army into England, and try fcots arm;•.. the loyalty of the englijb prefbyterians; for this purpofe colonel Ma.Jfey was fent I:Jefore into Lancajhire, to prepare them for a revolt ; and the king himfelf entered England by the way of Carlijle Augujl 6. at the head of fixteen thoufand men ; bu t when the committee of tm"niflers that attended the army, obferved that the king and his friends, upon their en~ tering England, were for dropping the covenant, they[ent an exprefs to V 1 Ill Maffey without the kin!!'s knowledge (fays lord C/arendon), requiring him o. . P• !!'. ~ 4oo, 4o6. to publiili a declaration, to allure the people of their refolution to profe– cute the ends of the covenant. The king had no fooner notice of this, but he fent to Mqfjey, forbidding him to publilh the declaration, and to behave with equal civility towards all men who were forward to ferve him; " but before this inhibition (fays his lord!bip), the matter had taken air " in all places, and was fpread over the whole kingdom, which made all " men fiy from their houft:s, or conceal themfelves, who witlled the king " well." But his lordfhip is furely miftaken, for the king's chief hopes under Maffey were from the preibyterians, who were fo far fi·om being difipleafed'with his majefty's declaring for the covenant, that it gave them · all
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