pofed it with all his might, in defence of the Rump; and, when a new Parliament was determined on, he propofed to qualify the power of the army by a Council of 21, to be chofen by the Council of Officers, who fhould fettle the differences, when any arofe between the army and Parliament, under the denomination of the Confervators of Liberty; which being agreed to, he gave in a lift of perfons to be chofen, and they proceeded to ballot upon it: But here, breaking in up on the rule they had established, and putting many perfons names to the ballot which were not contained in his lift, our author grew impatient, and told them openly, that, feeing they intended only to carry on a faction, and govern the nation by the fword, he would have no more to do with them. The city of London was in fome confufion at this time, occafioned by the apprentices petitioning the Aldermen and Common-council for a free Parliament, which had brought the military power to take poffeffion of that capital; but, the Magiftrates applying to the Council of Officers to be relieved, and to have the guards withdrawn, fix of that Council, of which number they constrained our author to be one, were appointed to meet them at Whitehall. At this meeting, Lieutenant-general Ludlow earnestly diffuaded the Londoners from joining with the Royalifts; at which, he fays, divers of them feemed much furprised, because they had taken other resolutions. Our author, therefore, feeing every thing going into confufion, refolved to go to his poft in Ireland, and acquainted Lieutenant-general Fleetwood with his intention, and alfo went to take his leave of the principal Officers, but found they had altered their minds about calling a new Parliament, on receiving advice, that the fleet had unanimously declared for the old one. This made him delay his journey a little while, but the Officers varied again from that determination the fame afternoon; whereupon, he fully refolved to fet out the next day, which he accordingly did, but had the fatisfaction to know, before he left London, that it was at laft carried to restore the old Parliament, which was done two or three days after.

While Ludlow was on the road to Chefter in his way to Ireland, he received from his brother-in-law Kempton an account of the pofture of affairs in Ireland, which made him haften his journey; but, on his arrival in Bullock's-bay, not thinking it proper to land till he had received a full information of things, he fent a letter of notice of his arnival to Sir Hardrefs Waller and the other Officers, acquainting them with the restitution

of the Parliament which they had declared for, and that he was come to join with them in fupport of their authority. Mr. Kempfon and other Officers came on board to the Lieutenant-general, and the former informed him, that things were in a much worse state than they were when he wrote laft to him, and that the Council of Officers would not receive him. The next day our author was told by one of his fervants, that thofe at Dublin, as foon as they heard of his arrival, had fent a party of horse to feize him at his houfe, who, not finding him there, had concealed themselves in ambush to take him on his landing. He alfo received a message from Dublin by Capt. Lucas, who acquainted him with the refolution of their Council of Officers concerning him. Finding the paffage to Dublin barred against him, he fet tail for Duncannon, where he had placed one Capt. Skynner as Commander, in whom he had great confidence, and who did not deceive him, but, with the whole garrison, received him with the utmost demonstrations of joy. The Lieutenant-general having been inform ed, that the Governor of Waterford had promised to adhere to him on his arrival, iminediately sent him notice, that he was come to Duncannon, and took all care to victual and recruit his little garrifon. He also wrote to the garrifons of Kofs, Wexford, Corke, and Kinfale, encouraging them to perfevere in their duty to the Parliament, and revic tualled his man of war with beef and other neceflaries, which he procured from his own eftate of Ballymagger. He had scarce finifhed these cautionary steps, when he was blocked up by a party of horse, under the command of Col. Edmund Temple. Whilst this fiege, or rather blockade, was carrying on, he received a long letter from the Council at Dublin, wherein they laid many things to his charge, in order to injure his reputation; the principal of which were, that, on the interruption of the Parliament by the Wallingford-house party, inftead of returning to his duty in Ireland, he had continued his journey to London; that he had encouraged Col. John Jones in his correfpondence with the army-party in England; refused to wait the fitting of the Parliament on their late reftitution; and pofted away to Ireland, in or der to ferve the army by his intereft there; and that, finding Dublin fecured for the Parliament by those who obeyed their or ders and would obey him as Commander in Chief, if the Parliament thought fit to continue him in that poft, he had not only refufed to return to England until their pleafure was known in that respect, but had en deavoured, by all hoftile means, to get the

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power in his own hands, at the fame time neglecting his duty in Parliament, which honour they pretended his mifcarriages had rendered him incapable of. To this long and heavy charge he wrote a very full anfwer; but, before he had fent it away, he received an account, that the Parliament had acknowledged all that thofe at Dublin had done was for their fervice; and, in about a week after, received a letter fent from thence, figned William Lenthall,' requiring him, as they had alfo required Jones and Corbet, the other two Commiffioners, to attend the Parliament with an account of the Irish affairs; which request he refolved to comply with the very firft opportunity, and accordingly embarked on board a Dutch veffel, having first given pofitive orders to Capt. Skynner not to deliver up the fort of Duncannon, unless directed fo to do by the Parliament or himself.

Soon after his arrival at Milford-Comb, he found, by the public news, that Sir Charles Coote had exhibited a charge of high treafon against him, which made him quicken his diligence to reach London. Arriving there, he first went to confult and expoftulate with Sir Arthur Haflerig, and then took his place in the House, and got a copy of his charge: He then moved to be heard upon that head, but could only prevail to have a day appointed for that purpose. On that day it was again put off, fo that he never could be heard thereupon. This motion was made by Ludlow, on the 1ft of February, 1660, according to our prefent reformation of style; two days after which, Col. (afterwards Gen.) Monk marched into London, and was waited on by our author, the fame evening, accompanied by Vice-admiral Lawfon. We found him, fays he, alone in the Prince's lodgings; where, having congratulated the fuccefs of his attempt to restore the Parliament to the exercife of their authority, I took the freedom to tell him, that, having an opportunity put into his hands to free thefe nations from the danger of being oppreffed, as they had lately been, by the power of the fword, I hoped he would improve it to the public advantage, by giving his affiftance to the Parliament, in fettling the government upon fo juft a foundation, that it might be fupported, for the future, by the love and affections of the people. He antwered, that, as God had owned him in his work, fo he defired, that he alone might have the glory: That it was true factions had been carried on; but that he was fully refolved to promote the intereft of a Commonwealth. Which resolution when I had commended, and encouraged - 3

him as well as I could to continue, he said, We muft live and die for and with a Commonwealth.' When I told him, that I had met lately with one Mr. Courtney, who faid he was his relation, and, having drank too much at the inn where I lay in my way to London, boafted, that his coufin Monk would do great things for the King; but that, upon my objecting his public declarations and proteftations to the contrary, he began to doubt, and faid that, his coufin being a man of honour, he feared he would be as good as his word. Yea, faid Monk, if there were nothing in it but that, I must make good my word, and will too.'-That General, it is well known, was at this time bufy in concerting measures to bring about the Restoration; which being obferved, no other key need be required to unlock the true meaning of this laft anfwer of Ludlow.

The commiffion for lodging the command of the forces in England and Scotland in feven perfons being near expiration, a new act was made, to veft it in five, any three of them to be a quorum, of which Col. Monk was the firft; but our author was left out, notwithstanding he obtained the command of the forces in Ireland to be inferted in the faid commiffion. This ftep gave some umbrage to Gen. Monk; whereupon our author made him a vifit, in order to fettle matters between them, and to efface any ill impreffions the General might have received against him or his party, and he thought he had fucceeded; but, finding soon after, that matters were tending apace to overturn his darling fcheme, a Commonwealth-government, he applied to Sir Arthur Haflerig to draw their scattered forces together, in order to oppofe Monk and his confederates; but Sir Arthur would not liften to the propofal. News arriving fhortly after from Ireland, that Sir Charles Coote had feized the Caftle of Dublin, and not only expelled Sir Hardrefs Waller from thence, but likewife removed him and feveral others from their command in the army, he advised Sir Arthur to adjourn the Parliament to the Tower, and to draw their troops together; but was again anfwered by him, that all would be well, and that Monk would be honest, even after he had feen the London populace, by his encouragement, burn the Rump, as they then called the remains of the Long Parliament, whofe power was openly contemned, and whofe very name was grown odious to the majority of the nation.

The election of a new Parliament had been fome time determined; notwithstanding which, the Republicans endeavoured to evade their own dissolution, by ordering

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writs to be iffued to fill up the vacant feats in the House; but the Speaker refused to fign the warrant for their being fealed. This occafioned much confufion; and, the Members, who had been fecluded by the Lieutenant-general Ireton and others, in 1648, having obtained Monk's confent for return ing to the Houfe, our author was fo highly irritated thereat, that he withdrew himfelf from the fervice of the Houfe, but frequently appeared in Westminster-hall, to fhew he did not decline ferving the public; nor was he, as had been thrown out, at the head of any forces; and was followed in this procedure by Mr. George Mountague and others. Every thing now tending to for ward the restoration of King Charles II, the Commonwealth's-men grew very mealy at the dangerous fituation of their affairs, and held frequent meetings to confult measures for preferving their power; at one of which, the Lieutenant-general tells us, he took the liberty to make the following propofitions

That feven of the Council of State, and three of the Generals that had been appointed by the Parliament, fhould fign fuch orders as were necefiary for carrying their defign into execution. That Mols's regiment, which lay in Kent and not far from Lon don, and another, which lay in the borough of Southwark, commanded by Lieutenantcolonel Famley, confifting in all of more than two thoufand old foldiers, of whole integrity and affection we had good aflurance, fhould be ordered to the Tower to join Col. Morley's regiment already there, and would be ready to receive them, having fent to me to let me know, that the Tower would be at my command, whenfoever I pleafed to defire it; that the Commanders of thefe forces fhould take fix months provifions, giving tickets for the quantity, payable by the Parliament; that the militia of London, which had been lifted during the government of the Parliament, thould be authorised to meetas there fhould be occafion, to aflift the forces in the Tower; that four or five places of rendezvous should be. appointed for the forces of the army, which lay fcattered up and down in feveral parts of the nation; and that Officers fhould be agreed upon to appear at the head of them; that the foldiers, both horse and foot, fhould have the liberty either to follow their old Officers, or to appoint new; that thofe Officers, who fhould prevail on the major part of their men to follow them, fhould be continued in their respective posts; and that thofe, who appeared heartily to promote this defign, though they could not perfitade the greater part of their foldiers to follow them,

fhould have provifion made for them equal to their merits; that the country militia, both hoife and foot, fhould be authorised to draw together, and be impowered to feize and difarm fuch perfons in the refpective counties as were known to be enemies to the Commonwealth; that the fleet fhould be ordered to declare at the fame time, and to fend one or two thousand feamen to the affiftance of thofe in the Tower; that all who acted by the Parliament's authority in this fervice fhould be juftified in fo doing; that the Governors of ganrifons fhould be required to refute obedience to any power which was not derived from the lawful authority of the Parliament; and that a declaration fhould be forthwith prepared, to fhew the grounds and reafons, together with the neceffity, of these proceedings. Whether thefe propofals, or any part of them, were received, or attempted to be carried into execution, he does not tell us; only obferves, that, We being ripe for the correction of Heaven, nothing could prevent it, our enemies fuccceding in all their attempts, and all our endeavours proving abortive." Soon after this, Hull was taken from Majorgeneral Overton, and the militia alfo was new-modelled, and put under perfons more in the intereft of Monarchy than it was before, after which the famous Long Parliament was diffolved; whereupon Ludlow began to act with more caution, and to appear lefs frequently in Weltminster-hall than he had used to do; and, receiving advice that Sir: Arthur Haflerig was now convinced, that General Monk's defign was to reftore the King, and that the new Council of State had refolved to feize Mr. Scot, our author began to provide in the belt manner he could · for his own fecurity, feldom lying at his houfe in town, and foon after fetting out for. the country. He had not travelled far, before a Meffenger overtook him with the news, that, about an hour and a half after he had left the town, the Council had fent him a fummons (as they had also done to Col. John Jones, Co. Thomlinfon, and Mr. Miles Corbet, the other Commiffioners for Ireland) to attend them: On receiving this intelligence, he quitted his wife and chariot; and, having provided a led harfe, crofled the heath between Egham and Baghot, and, avoiding the public road, came in the evening to his coufin Mr. Robert Wallop's houfe at Farley, where he ftaid but two nights; from thence he continued his route to Sutton, and at laft took up his quarters at Salisbury, where he received advice, that his fellow Commiflioners had, on attending the Council of State, been obliged.