Blewbury, Cromwell and Waller advance
to, ii. 53

Bloody Tenent of Persecution, The, pub-
lication of, i. 288

Blue Boar, the, a letter of the king's inter-
cepted by Cromwell and Ireton at, iv.
29

Boarstall House, attacked by Fairfax, ii.

237; surrenders, iii. 109

Boconnock, occupied by the royalists, ii.
13

Bodmin, Hopton retreats to, iii. 66; oc-
cupied by Fairfax, 67

Bolingbroke, Earl of, 1624 (Oliver St.
John), votes for Fairfax's commission,

ii. 190

Bolton, stormed by Rupert, i. 366
Bolton Castle, reduction of, ii. 377
Boreman, Thomas, Captain, appointed one
of those in charge of the Isle of Wight
in Hammond's absence, iv. 255; de-
clares himself powerless to resist the
attempt to remove the king to Hurst
Castle, 257; admits that there is a de-
sign to carry off the king, 258
Boroughs, Jeremiah, one of the five Dis-
senting Brethren, i. 261

Boston, retreat of Willoughby to, i. 191;
meeting of parliamentary commanders
at, 240

Boswell, Sir William, intercepted letter of,
iv. 83

Boteler, William, his house plundered, i.

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Bourton-on-the-Water, arrival of Charles
at, i. 352

Bovey Tracey, Cromwell surprises Went-
worth at, iii. 59.

Bow (in Devonshire), Sir Hardress Waller
at, iii. 59

Bow Bridge, occupied by Norwich's troops,
iv. 144

Bowes, Lambert quarters soldiers at, iv.
165

Boynton, Matthew, carries over Scar-
borough to the king, iv. 173

Boys, John, Colonel, defends Donnington
Castle, ii. 43; see Boys, Sir John

Boys, Sir John, refuses to surrender, ii.

54

Bradford, Sir T. Fairfax at, i. 87; lost by
the Fairfaxes, 116

Bradock Down, Hopton's victory at, i. 86
Bradshaw, John, President of the High
Court of Justice, iv. 294; wears a shot-
proof hat, 299; declares Charles to be
an elected king, 301; orders the clerk
to record the king's default, 303; his
speech when the king is brought for
the last time before the Court, 312;
orders the sentence to be read, ib.:
refuses to allow the king to speak after
sentence, 313

Braintree, mutiny of soldiers at, iii. 263:
seizure of the county magazine at, iv.
148

Brent, Sir Nathaniel, chairman of the
visitors of the University of Oxford, iii.
313

Brentford, Rupert's attack on, i. 57; re-
occupied by Essex, 59

Brentford, Earl of, 1644 (Patrick Ruth-
ven), Charles thinks of removing from
the command, ii. 11; superseded by
Rupert, 56; his character as a com-
mander, 63

Brentwood, junction of Norwich and
Lucas at, iv. 148

Brereton, Sir William, successes of, in
Cheshire, i. 88; takes part in the
combat on Hopton Heath, 106; occu-
pies Wem, 248; opposed to Rupert in
Cheshire, ii. 25: raises the sieges of
Chester and Hawarden Castle, 214;
the Self-denying Ordinance dispensed
with in the case of, 254; joins in de-
feating Astley at Stow on-the-Wold, iii.

80

Bribes, taken in the House of Commons,
iv. 76

Bridge, William, one of the five Dissent-
ing Brethren, i. 261

Bridgwater, abandoned to the royalists,
i. 166; arrival of the Prince of Wales
at, ii. 205; siege of, 273; taken by
Fairfax, 274

Brill, garrisoned by the king, i. 66
Bristol, Rupert fails in an attempt to
surprise, i. 99; secured by Waller, 104:
surrenders to Rupert, 179; dispute
about the governorship of, 196; Hopton

337

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sent to secure, 349; the Prince of
Wales sent to, ii. 181; important posi-
tion of, 307; besieged by Fairfax, 308;
weakness of the fortifications of, 314;
stormed by Fairfax, 316

Bristol, Earl of, 1622 (John Digby), re-
ceives information from Ogle, i. 264;
incites Mozley to betray Aylesbury,
266; makes overtures to the Indepen-
dents, 268; retires to Exeter, ii. 304
Broghill, Lord, 1628 (Roger Boyle), tells
a story about Cromwell's seizure of a
letter from the king, iv. 27
Brömsebro, treaty of, ii. 303

Brooke, Lord, 1628 (Robert Greville), at

the head of the association of War-
wickshire and Staffordshire, i. 77; sent
to the Midlands, 97; killed at Lich-
field, ib.

Brooke, Sir Basil, joins in a plot for win-
ning the City for the king, i. 269; his
plot denounced, 270

Brown, Sir John, routs Digby's horse, ii.

371

Browne, Geoffrey, sent as a commissioner

to the queen, iv. 110; urges the queen
to send Ormond back to Ireland, 162
Browne, Richard, Major-General, put at
the head of a force for the protection of
London, i. 360; has difficulty in levying
so'diers, ib.; mutinous state of his
force, ii. 5; his life endangered, 6;
reduces Greenland House, ib.; occu-
pies Abingdon with a mutinous force,
15; asked to betray Abingdon, 113;
drives back a royalist attack on Abing-
don, ib.; ordered to join Fairfax in in-
vesting Oxford, 202; takes part in the
siege of Oxford, 213; chosen Sheriff of
London and Middlesex, iv. 196; pro-
posal to place in command of the City
trained bands, ib.; his trial demanded
by the Council of Officers, 271; arrest
o, 275; detained in prison, ib.
Buckingham, Duchess of, favours Broo' e's
plot, i. 269

Buckingham, Duke of, 1628 (George
Villiers, joins in Holland's rising, iv.
158; escapes from St. Neo's, 161
Bunratty Castle, seized by parliamentary
ships, iii. 54; siege of, 151; surrender
of, 155

Burford, Charles, passes through, i. 352
Burghley House, taken by Cromwell, i.
189

Burgoyne, Sir Roger, corresponds with
Sir R. Verney, iv. 70

Burley, Captain, attempts to rescue
Charles, iv. 49: trial and execution of,

54, 55

Burnt, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, story
told of Cromwell by, ii. 283, n.
Burton, Henry, the church of St. Mary's
Aldermanbury clo-ed against, iii. 9
Bury St. Edmunds, Fairfaix's head-
quarters removed to, iii. 262; riot at,
iv. 127

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Bushel, Brown, regains Scarborough for
the Parliament and loses it, i. 105
Byron, Lord, 1643 (John Byron), at the
head of an army partly composed of
English soldiers from Ireland, i. 247;
slaughters Brereton's men in Bar-
thomly church, 294; defeated at Nant-
wich, 295; urges Ormond to send Irish
troops to England, ib.; engages the
enemy before the battle of Marston
Moor, 373; defeated by Meldrum, ii. 93;
looks again for help from Ireland, 186;
acquaints the king with the weak con-
dition of Chester, 347; awaits Hamil-
ton's army at Llanrwst, iv. 182; with-
draws to
Anglesea and the I-le of
Man, 194; resolution of the Houses
that he shall be excepted from pardon,
247; see Byron, Sir John

Byron, Sir John, occupies and quits

Oxford, i. 28; enters Worcester, 29;
his conduct at Edgehill, 46; leads a
body of horse at Newbury, 212; made
Lord Byron, 247; see Byron, Lord
Byron, Sir Nicholas, expects succour
from Ireland, i. 112; leads a brigade at
Newbury, 212

CABINET system, the, germ of, i. 307
Calamy, Edmund, minister of St. Mary's
Aldermanbury, iii. 9

Callander, Earl of, 1641 (James Living-
stone), takes part in a negotiation with
Charles, ii. 285; offers Charles military
support if he will yield about religion,
iii. 140; appointed lieutenant-general
of Hamilton's army, iv. 132; his be-
haviour towards Hamilton, 165; insists
on Monro's being subordinated
him, 181; is neutral on the question of
the direction to be taken by the army,
182; returns alone from Wigan, 185;
recommends Hamilton to withdraw to
the south of the Ribble, ib.; advises
Hamilton to order Baillie to surrender,
190; escapes to Holland, 193

to

Cambridge, the University of, Manchester
ordered to purify, i. 302; ejection of
members from, 303

Camerons, the, join Montrose, ii. 151
Campbell, Sir Duncan, commands the
Campbells at Inverlochy, ii. 154
Campden House, burnt, ii. 210
Canonteign, occupied by Fairfax, iii. 58
Cansfield, Sir John, drives back Balfour
in the second battle of Newbury, ii. 5
Canterbury, injury to the cathedral at, i.
12; riot on Christmas Day at, iv. 45;
special commission at, 133; surrenders
to Ireton, 146

Capel, Lord, 1641 (Arthur Capel), heads
the royalists in Shropshire, i. 107; sent
with the Prince of Wales to the West,
ii. 101; sent to the queen to ask per-
mission for the prince to remain in
Jersey, iii. 118; refuses to accompany the

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prince to France, 119; sent to remon-
strate against the cession of the Chan-
nel Islands to France, 172; joins the
royalists at Chelmsford, iv. 148; as-
sured of quarter after the surrender
of Colchester, 206; resolution of the
Houses for the banishment of, 246
Capuchins, expelled from England, i. 102
Cardenas, Alonso de, attempts to per-
suade the English to relieve Dunkirk,
iii. 170

Cardiff, Charles sets out from, ii. 290
Careston Castle, Montrose escapes to, ii.

220

Carew, Sir Alexander, attempts to betray

Plymouth, i. 207; sentence and exe-
cution of, ii. 103

Carisbrooke Castle, Charles lodged in,
iv. 19; Parliament orders the deten-
sion of Charles in, 50; plot for the
king's escape from, 91; Charles un-
able to get through a window of, 94;
Charles freed from confinement in, 214;
Charles guarded by the local trained
bands in, 257

Carlisle, besieged by David Leslie, ii. 62;
surrender of, 263; projected seizure
of, iv. 90; seized by the royalists,
123; Langdale driven into, 156; oc-
cupied by Hamilton, 165; surrendered
by the Scots to Cromwell, 230
Carlisle, Countess of, said to have in-
trigued with the eleven members, iii.
322; is the medium of communication
between the queen and the royalists,
iv. 138; Lauderdale's correspondence
with, 169

Carlow, surprised by Preston, iv. 104
Carnarvon, Earl of, 1628 (Robert Dor-
mer), a moderate royalist, i. 6; his
successes in Dorsetshire, 192; com-
plains of Maurice's plunderings, 197;
takes part in the siege of Gloucester,
205; killed at Newbury, 218
Carnwath, Earl of, 1639 (Robert Dalzell),
seizes the king's bridle at Naseby, ii.
249
Carrickfergus, surprised by Monk, iv.

229

Case of the Army truly stated, The,
presented to Fairfax, iii. 378
Cashel, refuses to admit Ormond, iii. 159;
Inchiquin storms the Rock of, iv. 107
Cassilis, Earl of, 1615 (John Kennedy),

bands raised by him dispersed, ii. 349
Castle Dinas, Hopton's rendezvous at, iii.
67

Castle Dor, surrender of Essex's infantry
at, ii. 17
Castlehaven, Earl of, 1634 (James Tou-

chet), defeats Vavasour in Munster, i.
221; successful campaign of, iii. 31
Catholics, the English, support the
king, i. 35; measures taken by Par-
liament against, 76; excluded from
toleration by the author of Liberty of
Conscience, 291; Charles consents

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the repeal of the laws against, ii. 174;
Charles offers freedom of conscience
to, iii. 72; Fairfax and Cromwell offer
toleration to, 316; agreement of the
king and the army leaders to grant
toleration to, 354; debate of toleration
for, 376

Catholics, the French, the queen hopes
to obtain help from, iii. 15

Cavalry tactics, Rupert's, adopted at
Auldearn, ii. 226

Cavendish, Charles, tries to regain
Gainsborough, i. 188; killed at Gains-
borough, 190

Caversham, taken by Essex, i. 128;
Charles lodged in Lord Craven's house
at, iii. 308

Cawood Castle, taken by Hotham, i. 33
Cecil, Captain, dissents from the Army
Remonstrance, iv. 245

Cessation, the Irish, i. 225

Chagford, Hopton's army, repulsed at,
i. 86

Chalgrove Field, fight at, i. 151

Chaloner, Richard, collects money for a
royalist plot, i. 144; gives the king's
commission of array to Tompkins,
148; executed, 157

Chaloner, Thomas, absents himself from
Lilburne's committee on the Agree-
ment of the People, iv. 268

Channel Islands, the, alleged proposal to
pledge, iii. 44; Jermyn proposes to
cede, 172

Chard, junction of Hopton with Maurice
and Hertford at, i. 166; halt of Charles
at, ii. 32

Charles I. (King of England, Scotland,

and Ireland), makes Rupert general of
the horse, i. 2; attempts to restrain
plundering, 13; sends Southampton
and Culpepper to negotiate, ib. ; sends
Spencer and Falkland to negotiate, 16;
increase of the army of, 18; leaves
Nottingham, and issues a manifesto to
his army, 23; occupies Shrewsbury and
Chester, 25, refuses to receive a peti-
tion from Essex, 31; sells a peerage,
35; asks the Catholics to support him,
ib; marches from Shrewsbury, 37:
sends for help to Denmark, 39; reaches
Edgehill, 42; his conduct at Edgehill,
48; enters Oxford, 51; marches to-
wards London, 54; orders an attack on
Brentford, 57; checked at Turnham
Green, 59; retires to Oatlands, 60:
is charged with duplicity, 61; with-
draws to Reading, ib. ; rejects the terms
of Parliament, and establishes himself
at Oxford, 63; receives money and
arms from Denmark, 64; issues a de-
claration against Parliament, 65; mili-
tary position of, 66; strategy of, 67;
congratulates Newcastle, 71; receives a
petition from the City, 81; his answer
read in the City, 82; receives the parlia-
mentary peace proposals at Oxford, 89;

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makes counter-proposals, ib. ; comments
on the articles of cessation, 95; inter-
cepted letter from, 99; criticises the
proposals of the Houses, and asks for
the ships and forts, 100; desires peace
on his own terms, 103; his final terms,
108; hesitates between two policies, 110;
issues a commission of array for London,
111; resolves to employ Irish Catholics,
112; receives a petition from the Irish
Confederate Catholics, 119; forbids
Leicester to go to Ireland, ib.; orders
the opening of negotiations in Ireland,
120; finds fault with the lords justices,
121; authorises Ormond to treat for a
cessation and to bring over an Irish
army, 125; rejects the mediation of the
Scottish commissioners, ib. ; sends noble-
men to Scotland to oppose Argyle, 126;
in want of ammunition, 133; receives
the queen's convoy, 134; offers to cede
Orkney and Shetland to the King of
Denmark, 140; authorises the collection
of money for a plot in London, 144;
sends a message by Alexander Hampden,
145; his connection with Waller's plot,
147; his cause injured by its discovery,
148; sends Taaffe to Kilkenny, ib.; de-
clares that Parliament is no longer free
and invites Lords and Commoners to sit
at Oxford, 155; meets the queen at Edge-
hill, 166; prohibits his subjects from
trading with London, 181; declares that
he will maintain the Protestant religion,
ib.; compelled to lay siege to Gloucester,
195; appeases a quarrel between Rupert
and Hertford, 196; refuses to interfere
with Maurice's plunderings, 197; resolves
to besiege Gloucester, ib.; summons
Gloucester, 199; receives coldly the de-
serting earls, 201; abandons the siege of
Gloucester, 205; temporary despondency
of, 206; attempts to out-manœuvre
Essex, 208; marches to cut Essex off
from London, 209; fights the first battle
of Newbury, 212; retreats, 216; returns
to Oxford, 219; orders the arrest of four
Irish privy councillors, 221; refuses to
allow Montrose to begin war in Scotland,
225; seizure of the revenue of, 244; in-
structs Ormond to outwit Monro, 248;
offers to receive 2,000 Irish soldiers in
England, 249; summons Parliament to
Oxford, 259: his knowledge of Ogle's
plot, 264; approves of Brooke's plot, 269;
offers liberty of conscience to Vane, 274;
sends Antrim to Ireland, 298; opens the
Oxford Parliament, 299; makes fresh
overtures for peace, 307; issues privy
seals for a loan, 308; in want of arms
and money, 320; first suggestion of the
dethronement of, 328; thinks of marrying
his son to a daughter of the Prince of
Orange, 329: summons Rupert to escort
the queen, 330; reviews his army at
Aldbourne, 331; refuses the presidency
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the agents of the Irish Catholics, 334;
receives the agents of the Irish Protes-
tants, ib.; prevented from granting the
demands of the Catholics, 335; summons
Rupert to help him, 344; takes Forth's
advice on the conduct of the campaign
of 1644, 345; wishes to bring Irish soldiers
to England, 346; gives over the Irish
negotiation to Ormond, 347; sends Goffe
to the Prince of Orange, 348; his plan of
campaign, 351; marches out of Oxford,
352; retires to Bewdley, 353; returns to-
wards Oxford, and marches to Bucking-
ham, 359; engages Waller at Cropredy
Bridge, 361; asks Waller to treat, 362;
proposed deposition of, 368; sends vague
orders to Rupert, 371; his movements
after the battle of Cropredy Bridge, ii. 4 ;
resolves to follow Essex into the west,
7; sets out from Evesham, 8; reaches
Exeter, ib.; arrives at Liskeard, 10;
makes overtures to Essex, 11; attempts
to hinder the escape of Essex's horse,
16; accepts the surrender of Essex's
infantry, 18; leniency of, 19; returns
to Tavistock, 31; halts at Chard, 32;
poverty of, 34; advances from Chard,
37; consults with Rupert, 38; pur-
sues Waller, 43; withdraws his army
after the second battle of Newbury, 52;
declares Rupert general, 56; relieves
Donnington Castle, ib.; retreats in safety,
57; returns to Oxford, 62; receives the
peace commissioners, 85; offers to send
Richmond and Southampton with his
answer, 86; orders the arrest of three
peers, 114; holds that Strafford's blood
is appeased, 115; treats the parliamen-
tary peace proposals with contempt, 125;
refuses to abandon episcopacy, 127;
proposes to go to Westminster, 129;
suggests a national synod, 130; believed
to have had a hand in the Ulster
massacre, 157; gives a commission to
Glamorgan, to bring an Irish army to
England, 159; refuses to allow Ormond
to command the army of the Supreme
Council, 161; makes promises to the
Irish, 163; refuses to accept Ormond's
resignation, and sends Glamorgan to
Ireland, 164; gives instructions to Gla-
morgan, 166; promises to confirm
Glamorgan's actions, 167; gives Gla-
morgan a commission to levy troops,
168; distrusts O'Hartegan, 173; urges
Ormond to make peace with the con-
federates, ib.; authorises the queen to
consent to the repeal of the laws against
the Catholics, 174; gives Glamorgan a
commission to treat with the confede-
rates, 175 rouses the national spirit
against himself, 177; his plan of cam-
paign for 1645, 179; disarrangement of
his plans by Cromwell's raid round
Oxford, 201; his want of national feeling,
202; assures Montrose that he hopes to
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stir from Oxford till Rupert brings
horses, 204; calls Fairfax the 'rebels'
new brutish general,' 206; leaves Oxford,
208; assembles a council of war at
Stow-on-the-Wold, 209; resolves to
divide his army, 210; reaches Droitwich,
ib.; orders Ormond to consent to the
repeal of the penal laws, 211; moves
forward towards the north, 213; marches
towards Leicestershire, 230; takes
Leicester, 233; weakness of his situa
tion, 234; arrives at Daventry, and
relieves Oxford, 235; despises the New
Model Army, 236; finds fault with his
council at Oxford for meddling with
military affairs, 239; marches to Market
Harborough, 241; hesitates about his
course, 243; resolves to fight a battle,
244; rides off from Naseby, 249; reaches
Hereford, 259; appeals to Ormond for
Irish troops, ib. instructs his son as to
his conduct in the event of being him-
self captured, 261; receives at Raglan
the news of Goring's defeat at Langport,
275; confers with Rupert at Blackrock,
276; learns that Bridgwater is lost, ib.;
thinks of going into the north, 277;
depressed by the lukewarmness of the
gentry of South Wales, 284; sends for
Ormond, 285; receives overtures from
some Scottish lords, ib.; refuses even to
appear to abandon episcopacy, 286; re-
jects Rupert's proposal that he shall
make peace, 287; prepares for martyr-
dom, 288; sets out from Cardiff to join
Montrose, 290; reaches Doncaster, but
is obliged to turn back, ib. ; hears of the
battle of Kilsyth at Huntingdon, 291;
declares his resolution to stand by the
Church and the Crown, 301; forced to
retire from Huntingdon, 302; passes
through Oxford, 304; raises the siege of
Hereford, 309, 310; fails to obtain recruits
in Wales, 311; effect of the surrender of
Bristol on, 317; commands Rupert to
leave England, and orders the arrest of
Legge, ib.; sets out from Raglan to
join Montrose, 343; enters Chester, 344;
watches the defeat of his followers from
the walls of Chester, 345; intends to go
to Newark, 347; orders Culpepper to send
the Prince of Wales to France, 357;
reaches Newark and sends for the Duke
of York, 359; listens to various military
schemes, 366; again marches to join
Montrose, 367; his advance stopped,
369; returns to Newark, 372; sends
Rupert before a council of war, 373;
insolence of Rupert towards, ib.; post-
pones his departure from Newark, 375;
goes to Oxford, 376; vexed at his fol-
lowers' desire for peace, 377; deludes
the Presbyterians and Independents, iii.
1; proposal that the Scottish army
shall give shelter to, 2; negotiates se-
cretly with the Independents, 16; urged
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alleged plot to deliver up, ib.; pro-
poses to come to Westminster to ne-
gotiate, 17; repeats his orders to the
Prince of Wales to leave England, and
directs the concentration of garrisons
at Worcester, 18; wishes to come to
terms with the Scots, ib.; joined by
Rupert, 19; objects to employ Will
Murray in Scotland, 20; retains his con-
fidence in Montrose, ib.; invited to the
Scottish camp, 21; repeats his request
to be allowed to come to Westminster
and offers further concessions, 22; re-
fuses to establish Presbyterianism, 23;
proposes to tolerate Presbyterianism, 24;
contemptuous reply of the Houses to,
ib. makes a formal overture to the
Scots, 25; makes offers on religion to
Parliament, 26; explains his position to
the queen, 27; his relations with Gla-
morgan, 34; offers to allow the Catholics
to build chapels, ib.; Glamorgan threatens
to use force against, 38; attacked on
account of Glamorgan's treaty, 42; pro-
posed deposition of, ib.; demands an
answer from Parliament, 43; disavows
Glamorgan, 45; offers to abandon Ire-
land to Parliament, 46; tries to explain
his share in Glamorgan's mission, 47;
assures Glamorgan of his favour, 48;
thinks of marching into Kent, and asks
the queen to send an army to Hastings,
64; refuses to make religious conces-
sions, 70; appeals to the Independents,
71; assures the queen of his dislike of
the Presbyterians, 72; offers freedom
of conscience to the Roman Catholics,
ib.; distrusts Montreuil, 79; causes of
his military failure, 80; again asks to
return to Westminster, 83; sends a
secret message to the Scots, and offers
to surrender Newark, 86; exchanges
engagements with Montreuil, 87; his
vow to maintain the Church, 90; asks
Montrose to join the Covenanters, ib.;
resolves to take refuge in Lynn, 91;
sends a message to Ireton, 95; asks
Rainsborough to protect him, 96 takes
leave of his council, 97; leaves Oxford,
ib.; reaches Southwell, 102; his recep-
tion by the Scots, 103; removed to
Newcastle, 104; asks to see Henderson
and Loudoun, 106; writes to give assur-
ance of his desire for peace, 107; offers
to direct Glemham to surrender Oxford,
ib.; sends Montreuil to ask help from
France, 110; seeks the support of the
Pope, and orders the prince to be re-
moved from Jersey and Montrose to
leave Scotland, ib. ; his controversy with
Henderson, 11; propo es a continua-
tion of episcopacy in certain dioceses,
112; an intercepted letter reveals the
complicity of the Scots in the escape of,
113; being pressed to sign the covenant.
asks Parliament to hasten the sending
of propositions, 114, 115; tells the queen