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which were laid for his life and liberty in England.” Thus writes 
“The Turkish Spy ” in Paris, and he very well describes the position. 
Some eight years after, i.¢., on the 14th day of September, 1659, 
and the anniversary of the King’s safe arrival at Abbot’s Leigh 
apa with Mrs. Lane, Lord Cromwell, Sir Hervey Bagot, 
Papers. and Colonel John Lane were liberated from prison on 
bail—that of Lane being fixed at double that of the two others. 
The Parliament had not yet got over their mortification at the escape 
of the King, and the Lanes were considered to be notorious offenders. 
But the year of grace, 1660, saw the restoration of monarchy, 
and was an enormous relief to those who had experienced the severity 
of Cromwell when he had to bolster up his reputation in the eyes 
of Parliament. Life and good service was hardly expected to be 
given without some Royal return, and many and various were the 
petitions for assistance sent in to the now merry monarch. Mr. 
Secretary Nicholas, equal to the occasion, replied discreetly that the 
King was unable to grant anything of this kind till his own estates 
be better settled. There was one immediate exception, To quote 
Parliamentary History, from the Parliamentary History: on Dec. 
Anno 12 Car. II, 1660. 19th the Commons took it into their heads 
to grant rewards to several persons who had done signal services for 
the Royal Family, and after the House had granted rewards to the 
men, a lady came in question to have a reward for her courage and 
conduct in the King’s escape after the Battle of Worcester. This 
was the famous Mistress Lane! But her case took more pleading 
than any of the former. Sir Clement Throckmorton first moved, 
and Sir John Bowyer followed, that a jewel of the value of £500 
should be given her. This met with much opposition. Sir Trevor 
Williams took occasion to move for a reward for Colonel Wyndham’s 
sister; who, he said, rode six days with the King, whereas Mrs, 
Lane rode only two. This was rather undignified of Sir Trevor, 
Heath’s Chronicle — for it is on record that Mistress Lane rode four, 
does not mention : fs ‘ 
Juliana Coningsby. if not five days with the King, and the colonel’s 
fair cousin, Juliana Coningsby hardly that number. At least Mrs, 
Anne Wyndham, who was the wife of Colonel Francis Wyndham, 
and wrote and published an account of the King’s escape from Trent, 
