The HISTORY of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. Oliver of Rochejler; but they no fooner met, than they difperfed for fear of being Pro 6teflor. fallen upon by the regular troops. In theWefl Sir "frfe'Ph Warrjlaffe coI 54• J J p d'J . • o. > ~ one enru aock,- captam Hugh Grove, Mr. Jones and others, entered Prouflor's vigilance. Whit!. p. 6o2. the city of Salijbury, with zoo horfe well armed, in the time of the af– fizes, and feized the judges Rolls and Nichols, with the t'heriff of the county, whom they refolved to hang. They proclaimed the king, and threatened violence to fuch as would not join them; but the country not coming in according to their expeCtations, they were intimidated, and af– ter 5or 6 hours marched away into Doifetjhire, and from thence toDevon~ jhire, where Captain Crook overtook them, and with one fingle troop of horfe defeated and took moft of them pnfoners; Penruddock and Grove were beheaded at Exeter; and fame tew others were executed at Salijbury, the place where they had fo lately triumphed. The vigilance of the protetl:or on this occafion is almoft incredible ; he caufed a great many fufpeel:ed lords and gentlemen to be fecured ; he fent letters to the ju!lices of peace in every county, whom he had already changed to his mind, commanding them to look out, and fecure all perfons who t'hould make the leaft difturbance. And his privJte intelligence of peoples difcourfe and behaviour, in every corner of the land, never failed. Aizd)everity If the reader will duly conficler the danger arifing from thefe commo– againJ! tb~m tions, and the nece!lity of ftriking fome terror into the authors of them, he bydt<tmatton. 'll fil rh n ' {i · · il. h )'"- h w1 ea 1 y account ror t e protec.LOr s eventy agamn t e roya 1us; w en therefore the infurreCl:ion was quat'hed, he refolved to make the ·whole party pay the expence ; and accordingly with the confent of his council, pub– lit'hed an on,ier, " that all who had been in arms for the king, or had de– " dared themfelves of the royal party, t'hould be decimated; that is, pay " a tenth part of their eftates, to fupport the charge of fuch extrrordinary " forces as their turbulent and feditious praCl:ices obliged him to keep up; " for which purpofe commiffioners were appointed in every county, and " confiderable fums were brought into the treafury." To juftify this ex– traordinary proceedure, the protector publit'hed another declaration; in which he complains of the irreconcileablenefs of thofe who had adhered to the king, towards all thofe who had ferved their country on the fide of the parliament; that they were now to be looked upon as public ene– mies, and to be kept from being able to do mifchief, fince it fufficiently appeared that they were always difpofed to Jo all they could . Upon thefe accounts he thought it highly reafonable, and declares it to be his refolu-– tion, that if any defperate attempts were undertaken by them for the fu– ture, the whole party t'hould fuffer for it. · .J!ifi • if . To return to the affairs of religion : though the prefbyterian difcipline Jigi:::.S 0 re was at a low ebb, it was qm the efiabli!hed religion of the nation. The provin:
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