Hampden, to recommend him to his friends in Parlisment, as a person capable of conducting great things. He had the address to get himself chofen for Cambridge, a place wherein he was not known, and was very zealous in promoting the remonftrance which was carried on November 14, 1641, which laid the foundation of the civil war. He told Lord Falkland, that if the remonftrance had not been carried, he was refolved to have converted the fmall remains of his eftate into ready money the next day, and to have quitted the kingdom, and this he affirmed was the fentiment also of fome of the moft confiderable men of that party.

In 1642 Cromwell got a Captain's commiffion from the Commons, and immediately raised a troop of horfe in his own country. They confifted of felect men, whose bravery he proved by the following ftratagem. He placed about twelve of them in an ambuscade, near one of the King's garrifons, who advancing furiously towards the body, as if they had been of the enemy's party, put fome of their raw companions to the flight. Thefe he immediately cafhiered, and filled their places with others of more Courage.

The valour and heroic spirit that Cromwell difcovered in every enterprize that he was engaged in, procured him the thanks of the Houfe of Commons, and foon after recommended him to the dignity of a Colonel. In this poft he raised one thousand horfe by his own interest of his own countrymen, a number of them freeholders, and freeholder's fons, who, upon matter of confcience, engaged in the quarrel.

to thofe articles, that fhe and her children might have leave to retire to Peel Cafle, fituate in an island feparated from the main island by the fea; from whence the proposed the might in fome little time, get over to her friends in France or Holland, or some other place of reft and refuge.

But fhe was utterly denied that favour by her hardhearted and inhuman enemies, neither regard to her fex, compaffion to her children, honour to her quality, nor even common civility, found any place for her relief. And thus this great and excellent Lady, whofe religion, virtue, and prudence, were not inferior to any woman upon record, is become a captive and prifoner to her moft barbarous, malignant, and unmerciful enemies; and fhe that brought fifty thousand pounds in portion to this nation, has not now a morfel of bread for herself and defolate children, but what was the charity of her impoverished and ruined friends.

After which she and her children with her, continued prifoners in the island until his Majefty's happy restoration, (enduring all those sufferings with a generous refolution and chriftian patience) and then expect ing juftice against her Lord's murderers, her fon reftored to the fequeftered eftates of his father, and fome compenfation for the immenfe loffes and devaftation of her family; but failing of all, her great heart (overwhelmed with grief and forrow) burft in pieces, and fhe died at Knowfley Houfe, with that chriftian temper and exemplary piety, in which she had always lived.

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The noble Lady who we have juft attended to her grave, had iffue to her Lord three fons.-Charles, the eldeft, who fucceeded him, and Edward and William, who both died young and unmarried; alfo three daughters, Lady Henrietta Maria, the eldeft, Lady Catherine, and Lady Amelia, who were all married and died without iffue except the youngest.

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It was faid at a general mufter in 1644, no men appeared fo full, and well armed, and civil as Cromwell's horfe did. He used his men to look after, feed and drefs them daily, and, when it was neceffary, to lie together on the ground; and befides taught them to clean and keep their arms bright, and have them ready for fervice; to chufe the beft arm themselves to the beft advantage. this kind of military exercife, they excelled all their fellow-foldiers in feats of war, and obtained more victories over the enemy. These were afterwards preferred to the commanders and officers in the army, and their places filled up with lufty ftrong fellows, whom he brought up in the fame ftrictness of difcipline.

But the fulleft and beft authority for what is here advanced, may be found in Cromwell's own words, as quoted by the Rev. Mr. Peck.

was a person that from my firft employment was fuddenly preferred and lifted up from leffer trufts to greater. From my firft being a Captain of a troop of horse, I did labour as well as I could, to difcharge my truft; and God bleffed me as it pleafed him. I had a very worthy friend then, Mr. John Hampden, and he was a very noble perfon, and I know his memory is very grateful to all. At my first going out into this engagement, I faw our men beaten on every hand: I did indeed; and defired him that he would make fome additions to my Lord Effex's army of fome regiments and I told him it would be ferviceable to him in bringing fuch men in, as I thought had a fpirit that would do fomething in the work. Your troops,

faid I, are most of them old decayed ferving men and tapfters, and fuch kind of fellows; and their troops are gentlemen's fon's, younger fons, and perfons of quality and do you think that the spirit of fuch bafe and mean fellows will ever be able to encounter gentlemen, that have honour, and courage, and refolution in them? You must get men of a spirit, and (take it not ill what I fay) of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go; or else I am fure you will be beaten ftill. I told him fo. He was a wife and worthy perfon, and he did think that I talked a good notion, but an impracticable one. I told him, I could do fomewhat in it. And I raised fuch men as had the fear of God before them, and made fome confcience of what they did. And from that day forward they never were beaten, but whenever they engaged against the enemy, they beat continually."

In the famous battles of Marston Moor, and Nafeby, it was universally allowed that Cromwell's cavalry had the greatest share in gaining the victories. It is affirmed that in the action at Nafeby, a commander of the King's knowing Cromwell, advanced briskly from the head of his troops, to exchange a fingle bullet with him, and was with equal bravery encountered by him, both fides forbearing to come in; till their piftols being discharged, the cavalier, with a flanting back blow of a broad fword, chanced to cut the ribbon that held Cromwell's murrion, and with a draw threw it off his head; and now just as he was going to repeat his stroke, Cromwell's party came in and rescued him; and one of them alighting, threw up piece into his faddle, which he haftily catching,

his head

clapped