THE

HISTORY

OF THE

REBELLION, &c.

BOOK XIII.

EXOD. ix. 16, 17.

And in very deed for this caufe have I raised thee up, for to fbew in thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. As yet exalteft thou thyself against my people?

THE Marquis of Argyle, who did not believe that the

King would ever have ventured into Scotland upon the conditions he had fent, was surprised with the account the commiffioners had given him, "that his Majefty "refolved to embark the next day; that he would leave "all his chaplains and his other fervants behind him, "and only deferred to take the Covenant himself till he "came thither, with a refolution to fatisfy the Kirk if they preffed it." Thereupon he immediately dif Argyle patched away another veffel with new propofitions, which propofi❤ the commiffioners were to infift upon, and not to con-which fent to the King's coming into that kingdom, without miffed the he likewife confented to those. But that veffel met not with

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The King arrives in

takes the

with the King's fleet, which, that it might avoid that of the Parliament, which attended to intercept the King, had held its course more northward, where there are good harbours; and fo had put into a harbour near Stirling, that is, within a day's journey of it, but where there was no town nearer than that for his Majefty's reception, or where there was any accommodation even for very ordinary paffengers.

From thence notice was fent to the Council of the Scotland. King's arrival: the firft welcome he received was a new demand "that he would fign the Covenant himself, "before he fet his foot on fhore;" which all about him preffed him to do: and he now found, that he had made hafte thither upon very unskilful imaginaThe King tions and prefumptions: yet he confented unto what Covenant. they fo imperiously required, that he might have leave to put himself into the hands of those who refolved nothing less than to ferve him. The lords of the other party, who had prevailed with him to fubmit to all that had been required of him, quickly found that they had deceived both him and themselves, and that nobody had any authority but thofe men who were their mortal enemies. So that they would not expose themselves to be imprisoned, or to be removed from the King; but, with his Majesty's leave, and having given him the best advice they could, what he should do for himself, and what he should do for them, they put themfelves on fhore before the King difembarked; and found means to go to thofe places where they might be fome time concealed, and which were like to be at diftance enough Hamilton from the King. And fhortly after Duke Hamilton reand Lau- tired to the island of Arran, which belonged to himself; part from where he had a little house well enough accommodated, the King, the ifland being for the moft part inhabited with wild

therdale de

beafts:

beafts: Lautherdale concealed himself amongst his friends, taking care both to be well informed of all that fhould pafs about the King, and to receive their advice upon any occafions.

ceives the

moved

The King was received by the Marquis of Argyle Argyle rewith all the outward refpect imaginable; but, within King. two days after his landing, all the English fervants he Moft of the King's Enghad of any quality were removed from his person, the lith ferDuke of Buckingham only excepted. The reft, for the ants remoft part, were received into the houses of fome perfons from him. of honour, who lived at a distance from the Court, and were themselves under a cloud for their known affections, and durft only attend the King to kifs his hand, and then retired to their houses, that they might give no occafion of jealoufy; others of his fervants were not fuffered to remain in the kingdom, but were forced prefently to re-embark themfelves for Holland; amongst which was Daniel O'Neile, who hath been often mentioned before, and who came from the Marquis of Ormond into Holland, juft when his Majefty was ready to embark, and fo waited upon him; and was no fooner known to be with his Majefty, (as he was a perfon very generally known), but he was apprehended by order Daniel from the Council, for being an Irishman, and having prehended been in arms on the late King's behalf in the late war; the Council for which they were not without fome discourse of of Scotland; putting him to death; but they did immediately banish ed. him the kingdom, and obliged him to fign a paper, by which he confented to be put to death, if he were ever after found in the kingdom.

O'Neile ap

by order of

and banish.

alfo fent

They fent away likewife Mr. Robert Long, who was Mr. Long his principal, if not only, Secretary of State, and had away. very much perfuaded his going thither; and Sir Edward Walker, who was Clerk of the Council, and had

been Secretary at War during the late war, and fome others, upon the like exceptions. They placed other fervants of all conditions about the King, but princiTheir Cler-pally relied upon their Clergy; who were in fuch a congy always tinual attendance about him, that he was never free from their importunities, under pretence of inftructing him

about the

King.

in religion and fo they obliged him to their constant hours of their long prayers, and made him obferve the Sundays with more rigour than the Jews accustomed to do their Sabbath; and reprehended him very fharply if he smiled on those days, and if his looks and gestures Their fer- did not please them, whilft all their prayers and fermons, at which he was compelled to be prefent, were libels, and bitter invectives against all the actions of his father, the idolatry of his mother, and his own malignity.

mons before him.

Argyle's

He was not present in their councils, nor were the refults thereof communicated to him; nor was he, in the least degree, communicated with, in any part of the government: yet they made great fhew of outward reverence to him, and even the chaplains, when they used rudeness and barbarity in their reprehenfions and reproaches, approached him still with bended knees, and in the humbleft poftures. There was never a better courtier than Argyle; who ufed all poffible address to behaviour make himself gracious to the King, entertained him with very pleasant difcourfes, with fuch infinuations, that the King did not only very well like his converfation, but often believed that he had a mind to please and gratify him: but then, when his Majefty made any attempt to get fome of his fervants about him, or to reconcile the two factions, that the kingdom might be united, he gathered up his countenance, and retired from him, without ever yielding to any one propofition that was made to him by

to him.